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Anthony Foley was at Munster, as a player and a coach, for over two decades. (Credit: Diarmuid Greene/SPORTSFILE)[/caption]
"He gave me some belief in myself," Coombes replied. "I remember, he used to bring me into his office, once a week, and bring me through the lineouts, and tell me what I was doing well - even though he was sending me for laps around the pitch, for throwing offloads! "He really backed me, and saw that potential. You know yourself, from chatting to him, he was really focused on what the next generation could bring. He did have a big influence, in that short period I worked with him."https://twitter.com/RTErugby/status/1582739105900769281 Anthony Foley scored 39 tries in his 201 games for Munster. The way Gavin Coombes is tracking, he could surpass that tally by the middle of next season. What Coombes, and this Munster generation, wants more than most, though, is to replicate the trophy-winning deeds of the dear, departed rugby legend.
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