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Two fine players who gave great service to Tipperary.  It will be difficult to replace Corcoran at wing back, even if he lost a bit of pace over the last year or two.  Paul Ormond was unlucky with injuries and would certainly have played in many more Championship matches if he had stayed injury free.  He was also a very fine footballer and won a Junior All Ireland medal in 1998, when Tipp beat Offaly in the All Ireland Final, as well as a Munster Minor Football medal in 1995.   In an earlier generation he would have been a top class dual inter county player and was a big loss to Tipperary football teams, because of his hurling commitments.

ur full of crap maybe not on ormond but corc waz a f**king ledgend hiz whole career ur a fool if u think diff or u juzt dont watch hurling i never mizz a match corc waz our rock
Ormonde's head was never in it. Hurling was never really top priority with him and you couldn't really blame him. He quit when he went decided to be a vet, and to go back and do the leaving. He was still hurling away with Loughmore, but had no intentions at that point of ever being back with Tipp. Even during his UCD days he couldn't nail down a spot of his own on the team.

He was a good hurler. He was a makeshift corner-back though, don't forget that. Nicky English saw something in him that might work as a CB and he was right. But I always reckoned he played above himself that year and the next. I certainly wouldn't agree that he was in any way 'top-class'. Very good when at his best, yes, but never top-class.

Corcoran was another over-achiever. He never blossomed into the player he promised to be back in his college days. He was an absolutely dire man-marker but tended to cover himself by his ability to read games and situations during games. I'd say the man most disappointed about Eamonn Corcoran's announcement is Dan Shanahan. Corcoran made a star out of Dan who was smart enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with him anytime they met. Corcoran couldn't handle that.

ill fill u in. picture a 5 year old crying and roaring to get hiz way. thatz the cork hurlerz. juzt belt em tell em quietn up  and
go to bed.

Now that the final door has closed on the 08 Cork Hurling Panel , does anyone think that it one be possible for the entire panel to line out for another county (lets say Fermanagh).They could carry on training in Cork like they are now and just put the green and white jersey on for the championship. What are the logistics behind this? Would the players have to be registered with clubs within the county? It would be a hell of a coup to pull off and it would do the promotion of hurling no end for the specified county. Is it possible?

looooooooooooooool ya right they wouldn make the fermanagh team. hazbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenz

i guezz being 5th team im mun behind tipp water lim clare hurtz id be on the picket line to. looooool. drop the lot get people im who dont have there headz in the cloudz