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Foley, who played 62 times for his country, was found dead in the team's hotel in Paris, ahead of a match in the European Champions Cup against Racing 92.

A statement by the Irish Rugby Football Union said: The IRFU and Munster Rugby pass on our deepest sympathies to all of Anthony's family and friends and ask for privacy for the family at this sad time.

Foley's father Brendan, who was with the Munster party in Paris at the time of his son's death, won 11 caps for Ireland and was in the Munster team which famously beat the All Blacks in 1978.

Foley's sister Rosie was also member of the Irish women's squad

No cause of death has been given. He leaves a wife Olive and two sons.

Foley had been on the backroom staff with Munster since 2009, having made over 200 appearances as a player for the provincial side, skippering them to victory in the 2006 Heineken Cup, Europe's top club competition.

Sunday's match in Paris was immediately postponed as the news of his passing became public, with a wreath and Munster scarf laid on the center circle of the stadium where the team had been due to play.

Tributes were led by Irish president Michael Higgins. It is with great sadness that I heard of the sudden death of Anthony Foley, the Munster rugby team's head coach and one of the great figures of Irish sport in the modern era, he said.