Munster's Barron strikes for Tipperary GAA family
Diarmuid Barron celebrates scoring a try with Gavin Coombes. Image: Ben Brady/INPHO MUNSTER HOOKER DIARMUID Barron comes from a family steeped in the GAA but none of the family from Tipperary managed to score at Páirc Uí Chaoimh until he touched down against South Africa XV a couple of weeks ago.
“It was all Gaelic football and hurling growing up, well, not all, there was rugby thrown in there as well, but Gaelic football would have been the main thing for me. His score against the South Africans was his fourth try for Munster and came either side of playing for Emerging Ireland in Bloemfontein and Ireland A against an All Blacks selection.But the match against South Africa which he crowned with their third try in a 28-14 win in front of the biggest crowd to attend a rugby match in Munster, will always be special for Barron as he scored in front of 41,400 at the Blackrock end at Cork GAA’s headquarters.
“You can see it week by week, it’s coming together more and more and it’s just important we keep building on that momentum more and more, keep pushing ourselves to keep learning every week.
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