- Lar Corbett
Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling
name = Lar Corbett
irish =
fullname = Laurence Corbett
placeofbirth =Thurles
countryofbirth =County Tipperary
dob =16 March ,1981
height =
nickname = Lar
county = Tipperary
province = Munster
club = Thurles Sarsfields
clposition = Forward
clubs =
clyears =
clapps(points) =
clcounty =
clprovince=
clallireland =
counties = Tipperary
icposition = Corner-forward
icyears = 2001-
icapps(points) = 22 (4-21)
icprovince = 1
icallireland = 1
allstars =
clupdate=
icupdate=(Laurence) Lar Corbett (born
16 March ,1981 ) is an Irish sportsman. He plays in the full-forward position on the Tipperary seniorhurling team.Early life
Lar Corbett (Byrnsie) was born in
Thurles ,County Tipperary in 1981. He was educated locally and from an early age he showed a great interest in the game ofhurling .Playing career
Club
Corbett plays his club hurling with the famous Thurles Sarsfields club. He has had much success with the club, winning a minor county championship medal in 1999 and a senior county championship title in 2005.
Inter-county
Surprisingly Corbett never played at minor level with Tipperary. This is unusual as most players nearly always play on either one team or the other before playing on the senior team. He made his senior inter-county debut against Clare in the 2000 South East Hurling League playing at corner-forward. 2001 began well for Corbett as he won a
National Hurling League medal. He subsequently made his Munster Championship debut against Clare and was a key part of the team when Tipp won the provincial title for the first time in eight years. Corbett later played a key role when Tipp beat Galway to win the All-Ireland title.The following few years proved difficult for Tipperary as the team failed to replicate the success of 2001. In 2006 Corbett replaced
Ger O'Grady as captain after the latter was controversially dropped from the team.Won Man of the Match at the 2008 National Hurling League Final against Galway. The score - Tipperary 3-18, Galway 3-16
Personal
Lar had the privilege of escorting local beauty Helena Lyons to her debs.
External links
* [http://tipperary.gaa.ie/seniorhurlingplayerprofiles.html/ Tipperary Player Profiles]
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