Ulster Rugby have today confirmed their intention to honour the memory of Anthony Foley by erecting a memorial in the away dressing room at Ravenhill.
Ulster Rugby CEO Shane Logan paid tribute to Foley, while confirming that they would erect a monument to Foley as a reciprocal gesture to Munster, following their pacing of a plaque bearing Nevin Spence's name in Thomond's away dressing room.
Anthony Foley was a magnificent rugby player and a magnificent human being.
We extend our condolences to his family and all in Munster rugby.
Munster were superb when Nevin Spence died - they did us the great tribute of placing a permanent memorial to Nevin in their away changing room.
We would like to reciprocate for Munster.
Spence was just 22 when he died in a farming accident along with his father and brother.
This is the plaque which adorns the Thomond dressing room:
Thoughtful gesture in the @Munsterrugby away changing room!! #AlwaysWithUs pic.twitter.com/3lIlkpyFa0
— Rory Best (@RoryBest2) November 30, 2014
There has yet to be any confirmation as what form the memorial will take.
Les Kiss has also paid tribute to the late Anthony Foley. He was deeply shaken when speaking to Sky Sports on Sunday, not long after the news filtered through.
My thoughts go out to Axel's family, his kids, to the Munster family. It's a sad loss for a lot of people in Irish rugby and Munster rugby. It's tragic really to tell you the truth.
It makes you think about what's really important in life, and to lose someone so young, a good man, a great man, it's tragic.
He was the heart and soul of the Irish team too for a long time. I had the pleasure to coach with Axel, and he just saw the game in the simplest way. That was to be tough up front and play the game in an uncompromising way, and that was they type of character he was.
He was a very generous man, he couldn't do enough for people. When you have someone like that in the game in your country, like Ireland have, it's a blessing. This is such a sad loss for everyone.
The adjectives come pretty quick to the mind, but I think more than anything, Axel stood for something. When he had a thought on something or when he talked about something, you could see the conviction in his voice. That really came through in his voice.
