Foley would be proud, we carry him in our hearts every day: Rassie

Munster boss Rassie Erasmus believes Anthony Foley would be really proud of his team’s path to the Champions Cup semi-finals as the province returns to the scene of their late head coach’s final game.

Foley died suddenly on October 16, hours before Munster’s opening pool game of this season’s Champions Cup pool campaign against Racing 92 in Paris and seven days after he had taken charge of a Pro12 derby defeat to Leinster at Aviva Stadium.

Today Munster return to the Dublin stadium to play Saracens in front of a sell-out 51,700 crowd, the latest big game in a remarkable season since Foley’s death and the poignancy of the venue is not lost on the province’s director of rugby.