{"id":796148,"date":"2026-10-08T17:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796148\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T17:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:26:16","slug":"munster-rugby-anthony-foleys-10-year-anniversary-to-be-marked-before-racing-92-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796148\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Rugby: Anthony Foley’s 10-year anniversary to be marked before Racing 92 game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Munster will host a special ceremony before next week’s Investec Champions Cup game against Racing 92 in Cork to mark the 10-year anniversary of Anthony Foley’s death.<\/p>\n

The occasion will hold extra significance as Foley’s sudden passing<\/a> on 16 October 2016 occurred on the eve of a Champions Cup match against the same opposition in France when he was head coach of the Irish province.<\/p>\n

Before kick-off at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday, 17 October, Jean Wallace and members of Shannon RFC – Foley’s former club – will perform ‘There Is An Isle’ in tribute.<\/p>\n

In addition, there will be a photo display in the ‘Red Shed’ area of Marina Park, outside the stadium, illustrating Foley’s career with Munster and Ireland which saw him captain both sides.<\/p>\n

Munster’s players are set to wear special commemorative jackets emblazoned with the Munster crest and number eight – Foley’s position – while both team captains will swap jerseys featuring the number eight prior to kick-off.<\/p>\n

Munster fans are also set to lead a round of applause in the eighth minute in honour of Foley who was fondly known as ‘Axel’. <\/p>\n

At half-time, the kids’ matches will feature boys’ and girls’ teams from Ballina-Killaloe RFC – Foley’s hometown – and Shannon RFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Munster will host a special ceremony before next week’s Investec Champions Cup game against Racing 92 in Cork…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-796148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}