Peter Jackson on Anthony Foley: Munster’s most loyal servant

As smash hit double acts go, European professional club rugby never saw anything quite like Anthony Foley and Munster.

That there was nobody to touch them as an enduring partnership really is saying something considering the magnitude of the competition — Martin Johnson and Leicester, Fabien Pelous and Toulouse, Brian O’Driscoll and Leinster, Jonny Wilkinson and Toulon.

Each and every one would have given ‘Axel’ a run for his money. For sure, they won more European titles but there was more to it than that, far more and on that score all four would give a deferential nod of collective acknowledgement.