Anthony Foley
Anthony "Axel" Foley (born 30 October 1973) is a retired Irish rugby union player and current head coach of Munster. He played for Munster and Ireland.
Foley held a number of club and league records at the end of his Munster career. He held the record for most European caps (86), until it was beaten by John Hayes. He was the first Munster player to reach 200 caps and was the most capped player (with 202 caps), until Alan Quinlan overtook this record in September 2010. Foley still holds the record for most tries by a forward in the Heineken Cup, with a total of 23. His career total of 39 tries for Munster placed him only two behind the all-time leader Anthony Horgan.
Early career
Foley was born in Limerick, Republic of Ireland. He was educated at St Munchin's College in Limerick and graduated from there in 1992. Foley was part of the Shannon side that won 4 All-Ireland Leagues in a row for the Limerick club in the mid-1990s, with Foley playing in all 48 games of this sequence.
