Tyler Bleyendaal awards MVP gong to grieving family of Anthony Foley

It was a treasured Thomond Park afternoon, and a treasured man-of-the-match award for Munster out-half Tyler Bleyendaal.

The New Zealander has been beset by injury problems but produced the form Anthony Foley regularly championed on the day the province said farewell to one of its favourite sons with a 38-17 Champions Cup defeat of Glasgow.

If anyone thought his Most Valuable Player gong would have pride of place on Bleyendaal’s mantelpiece, they don’t know how Munster works