Wanderer returns as Cork’s spearhead

DAVID NIBLOCK stops momentarily mid sentence as he reflects on being picked to lead the Cork attack in tomorrow’s Munster SFC semi-final against Limerick.

The enormity of being chosen to make his championship debut with his county at senior level hadn’t quite sunk in, 24 hours after receiving the news.

Like most young players of his age — he’s 24 — David was torn between travelling and wanting to play Gaelic football at the highest level. He spent three years in the States but the lure of home proved too great. Eventually.