Forward thinking O’Brien on revenge mission

THE MUNSTER final on Sunday comes with extra razzmatazz, given the 125th anniversary celebrations of the GAA.

Parades. Music. Jimmy Doyle.

John O’Brien, surely that’s a distraction? “I enjoy all that – when you’re coming along on the bus and you see all the crowds and so on, it’s something else to get you going. When you’re out training five nights a week, sometimes you’d wonder if anybody cares at all. It’s the big days that you play for and it’s a bonus for us that the game is in Thurles.