Anthony Foley: ‘You were everything I wanted to be’

It was not without reason that when shocked observers reached for the words to express what Anthony Foley had meant for their sport they settled upon the phrase ‘rugby great’. Rugby correspondent Simon Lewis sets out the reasons why

A WARRIOR

Maybe it was the genetics passed down to him by his father Brendan, who had himself enjoyed a distinguished career in the Munster and Ireland jersey, but Foley’s commitment to the cause never wavered, be for his club, Shannon, his province or his country.