Munster Rugby's head coach Anthony Foley has died at the age of 42.
The former Munster and Ireland rugby captain died overnight at the team hotel in Paris, where his team was due to play Racing 92 later.
As a mark of respect that match has been postponed.
The cause of Mr Foley's has not yet been established.
The shock news was confirmed in a tweet from the IRFU.
Very sad news: Anthony Foley has died overnight RIP @munsterrugby https://t.co/ctzCdPEDcj pic.twitter.com/SZtfOqxM9h
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) October 16, 2016
A two-time Heineken Cup winner with his native province in 2006 and 2008, Foley was voted the tournament's player of the decade in 2005...
The Shannon clubman went on to play 202 times for Munster over 13 years, also winning 62 caps for Ireland.
The number 8 was a stalwart in the heyday of the All-Ireland league, playing a starring role in Shannon's four All-Ireland titles in a row from 1994 to 1998.
Upon his retirement in 2008, Foley went straight into coaching with Munster and then Ireland, before being appointed head coach of the province in 2014.
R.I.P. Anthony Foley 1973-2016
