THE FOGARTY FORUM: Magic returns as Lar back in the groove

As unfair as it is, Lar Corbett is still seen, both inside and outside his county, as the personification of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final humiliation to Kilkenny.

A defeat of such magnitude shouldn’t rest on any one set of shoulders but then the tactic was regarded as such an affront to the game, never mind Tipperary, that it demanded a fall guy. Declan Ryan and Tommy Dunne each got a barrel; Corbett received both.

Since then, the timing of his trip to New York with the GPA, as noble as it was to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy in Breezy Point, in the lead-up to Thurles Sarsfields’ All-Ireland club semi-final against Kilcormac-Killoughey arched already raised eyebrows.