Personal Life
Foley is the son of Brendan Foley, who was a lock in the celebrated Munster team that beat the All Blacks 12-0 in Thomond Park in 1978, and who was commemorated in the play Alone it Stands. His sister Rosie was a member of the Irish women's rugby union squad.
Foley has played for his local GAA club Smith O'Briens in the parish of Killaloe, Co. Clare. He lined out for Smith O'Briens GAA club in a Munster junior club football semi-final in 2010.
He has played inter-county hurling for Clare at underage level alongside former Munster rugby player Keith Wood.
He is married and has two children.
Foley's autobiography, 'Axel: A Memoir', was released in October 2008.
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