Shields happy to have come full circle
The Cork senior footballers are in rude health, the St Finbarrs senior footballers are in rude health, and the full-back anchoring both teams is quietly satisfied with how 2009 has panned out.
This time last year he was just back from Down Under, the lure of home and football having prompted him to ditch his AFL life with Carlton. But Shields follows the Noel Gallagher mantra of not gazing at the past in rage, and instead focuses on surfing the current good waves. A blockbuster All-Ireland semi-final against Tyrone was the type of occasion he wanted to be involved in, the moment he touched down on Irish soil last year.
