Stubborn Patrick Horgan will always use doubters as fuel

The Cork talisman will get another championship campaign underway against Clare this weekend. 

GAME FACE: Patrick Horgan at Croke Park as Centra announced an extension of their sponsorship of the All-Ireland GAA Hurling Senior Championship for another five years. Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Patrick Horgan is a stubborn man, he is told. “By some people, I’d say," he smiles.

Playing, enduring for Cork this long, he would have to be. Last Sunday week was his first national final win at the ninth time of asking. Of course, he is mulish but admits to wondering if one would ever go his way – “I’ve often thought it.”