Corbett: Club bond is special

For those who believe that Lar Corbett isn’t committed to his club, Thurles Sars, a read of his superb autobiography All In My Head should shatter any such misconceptions.

In the meantime, the 2010 hurler of the year readies himself this week for Sunday’s Munster club SHC semi-final battle with Sars of Cork in Semple Stadium, here’s an idea of what club means to the Tipperary star.

“You want to play in Croke Park with your club on St Patrick’s Day, that’s the ultimate, to win alongside the people you’ve grown up with, the people you’ve played beside all your life, to win for the people in Dúrlas Óg who first showed you how to play the game. I just picture the joy on their face if that were ever to happen, if I was ever lucky enough to get to Croke Park on Paddy’s Day and if we were then lucky enough to win. The people you’d see for the next few hours would be Thurles Sarsfields, and as a Thurles person you’d be looking into their eyes, seeing the joy. That has to be a very special moment for anyone who has ever had that experience in Croke Park.”