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Jon Doel

Rugby's most emotional video ever watched by 10 million people as haka gesture made amid tragedy

It is one of the most remarkable moments witnessed on a rugby pitch, and it all happened before kick-off.

When four Maori All Blacks stepped forward from their haka formation in the drizzly mist of Thomond Park ahead of their match against Munster in 2016 to lay a special jersey bearing the initials of Anthony Foley on the turf, the crowd and the whole rugby world looked on in awe. It came just weeks after Foley's sudden and shocking death at the age of just 42.

Following the completion of the haka, the jersey was presented to Foley's two young sons, Dan and Tony, amid emotional scenes.

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