Lar’s seamless return

Given it was in enemy territory, the ovation Lar Corbett received was thunderous.

Two minutes before half-time, he made a first competitive move in nine months, four after he announced his retirement from the inter-county game and two since he announced his return.

The travelling Tipperary throngs greeted him with rapturous applause while the Cork-dominated Blackrock End booed his introduction.