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24th October 2016
12:55pm BST

Asked at the time about the Bleyendaal situation, Foley said once the player has signed a deal he was a Munster player and the province would look after him accordingly, and with respect. He told reporters:
"We as a club need to look after the player and it’s not a piece of meat we are dealing with.
"It’s a human being, so there is a human side to this that we need to manage, and that is what Munster is about, it’s about the people. If a player has committed to us in terms of contract we need to make sure we are looking after this player as well."
Bleyendaal never forgot the support he received from Foley, and Munster. In time, rehabilitation made his neck sturdy enough to take the three flights required to get from Christchurch to Ireland.
He got to work in Limerick but Munster, as much as they needed him, wisely opted to write off 2014/15. He did so well in pre-season [2015/16] that confident voices spoke of Munster not missing Northampton-bound JJ Hanrahan.
Bleyendaal got injured again and only played five games. He was missed. So was JJ.
The past summer has seen Bleyendaal back to the player he was as he took his first steps in pro rugby. He has started the season as Munster's main outhalf and has looked decent; showing glimpses of talent.
On Saturday, at Thomond Park, Bleyendaal had an absolute stormer; his finest game in that Munster red. It was fitting, electrifying payback for a man that never stopped believing in him. He scored a superb try after 66 seconds, bisected posts with conversions and penalties and was at the beating heart of most of Munster's best moves.The Munster crowd stood in unison to salute Bleyendaal when he was taken off with a bonus point secured and a win looking extremely likely. It felt like a moment. It felt like he had arrived. https://twitter.com/Aoifs1985/status/789825252197015552 Bleyendaal looked to the heavens as he left that Thomond Park pitch for the last time. One would be surprised if he was not sending 'Axel' a word or two as he was addressing the heavens. Munster have an exciting, purposeful, dangerous No.10. There can be no better pay-back to Foley than that. Check out the latest episode of Football: Friday LiveTyler Bleyendaal's try started @Munsterrugby's scoring against @GlasgowWarriors. RT if this is your Round 2 #TryOfTheRound pic.twitter.com/vCpopf4S7Y
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