Munster players to stand up and fight for a fallen friend and colleague

A province unites at Thomond Park this afternoon to honour the much-missed Anthony Foley and bring some small sense of closure to this most traumatic of weeks for Munster Rugby.

For his close-knit family, his wife and two young children, and the friends he left behind all too suddenly last Sunday in Paris, the grieving will continue, of course.

For the rest of us, today’s Champions Cup Pool 1 clash with Glasgow Warriors at Thomond Park is a chance to pay our respects in a place that meant so much to Foley, first as his father Brendan’s son, through to his own rugby career as a Shannon clubman, Munster hero and then coach.