'It's what Axel would have wanted': Peter Stringer plays hours after Foley’s funeral

“Anthony Foley would have wanted him to play tonight.”

Peter Stringer has started Sale’s Champions Cup game hours after attending the funeral of his former teammate Anthony Foley, writes Stephen Barry.

The former Munster and Ireland scrum-half paid a touching tribute to his “protector on the field” after Foley’s untimely death and played tonight as it’s what Foley “would have wanted”.