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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 15664" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Anthony Foley: Rugby stars among throngs paying respects to late Munster legend</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">20 Oct</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the section <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/teams/munster" target="_blank"><u>Rugby Union</u></a></li> </ul><p>Share this with</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://digg.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F37722324&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Anthony%20Foley%3A%20Rugby%20stars%20among%20throngs%20paying%20respects%20to%20late%20Munster%20legend&bodytext=&" target="_blank"><u> Digg </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dialog/feed?app_id=58567469885&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fmodules%2Fshare%2Fclose&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F37722324&picture=&name=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Anthony%20Foley%3A%20Rugby%20stars%20among%20throngs%20paying%20respects%20to%20late%20Munster%20legend&description=&caption=&display=popup&" target="_blank"><u> Facebook </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F37722324&" target="_blank"><u> Google </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F37722324&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Anthony%20Foley%3A%20Rugby%20stars%20among%20throngs%20paying%20respects%20to%20late%20Munster%20legend&summary=&" target="_blank"><u> LinkedIn </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F37722324&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Anthony%20Foley%3A%20Rugby%20stars%20among%20throngs%20paying%20respects%20to%20late%20Munster%20legend&" target="_blank"><u> Reddit </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F37722324&title=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Anthony%20Foley%3A%20Rugby%20stars%20among%20throngs%20paying%20respects%20to%20late%20Munster%20legend&" target="_blank"><u> StumbleUpon </u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=BBC%20Sport%20-%20Anthony%20Foley%3A%20Rugby%20stars%20among%20throngs%20paying%20respects%20to%20late%20Munster%20legend&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby-union%2F37722324&=&" target="_blank"><u> Twitter </u></a></li> </ul><p>Copy this link</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37722324" target="_blank"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37722324</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/questions/bbc_online/sharing" target="_blank"><u>Read more about sharing.</u></a></p><p><img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/361A/production/_92005831_woodembrace.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Keith Wood and Joe Schmidt were among those paying their respects as Anthony Foley's body was brought to his hometown church on Thursday</p><p>Ireland coach Joe Schmidt and team captain Rory Best were among thousands who joined Anthony Foley's grieving family as his body was brought to his hometown church on Thursday.</p><p></p><p>Queues formed at St Flannan's Church in Killaloe as people paid their respects to the Munster and Ireland great, who <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37672703" target="_blank"><u>died suddenly in Paris</u></a> at the weekend.</p><p></p><p>His widow Olive and two young sons Tony and Dan, both wearing Munster jerseys, were supported by his father Brendan, himself a former Ireland international, amid emotional scenes in county Clare.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Foley's coffin, draped in a Munster flag, arrived just before 1300 BST to lie in repose throughout the afternoon and early evening prior to spending a final night in the family home ahead of Friday's funeral.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04cmkhj" target="_blank"><u>Listen again - Anthony Foley: The Munster Man</u></a></li> </ul><p></p><p><u>Jump media player</u></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/online/mp_accessibility_help" target="_blank"><u>Media player help</u></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/37722324#afterFlash" target="_blank"><u>Out of media player. 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