Corocoran claimed his fourth Southern Inland title in September and it will be his last after electing to retire.

Waratahs became the first club in eight to defend their crown and it was something Corcoran wanted to achieve in a glittering career.

With that accomplished he decided the time was right.

"I think it is time to pass on the reins and spend a bit more time with the family," Corcoran said.

"I always wanted to go back-to-back and it was good to be able to achieve that after a number of years of being in consecutive finals.

"It was nice to achieve that and they are still a good young bunch, who are also experienced, at the club.

"It made the decision easier knowing the club is good stead."

Corcoran played in seven grand finals in nine seasons, including the last five straight with Waratahs.

He had a stint with Riverina League team Collingullie-Ashmont-Kapooka in between and managed to finish just on the right side of a 50-50 strike rate.

After coming to the region with Shute Shield grand final experience, Corcoran lost his first grand final to Waratahs while at Ag College, when they became the last club to go back-to-back in 2011, before reversing the result a year later.

He was then part of a tight Waratahs loss to Albury in 2015 before going through the 2016 season undefeated.

Another narrow grand final loss followed before capping off his career with back-to-back successes over Ag College.

The grand finals remain a highlight however it isn't just the premierships that stand out.

"There is something special about the first premiership at Waratahs in 2016," Corcoran said.

"And even though we lost the 2017 grand final to Leeton I still think that was one of the better of grand finals I've been apart of.

"Just because the standard of footy and the excitement in the crowd and although it was tough to lose, credit where credit is due it was a very good Leeton side.

"It was just an enoyable time in bush footy when the competition was particularly strong.

"It was good to be part of those grand finals in 2016-17 and beating City like we did is definitely up there."

His time at Ag College provided a highlight as well, especially with some many of those teammates eventually joining him for more success at Waratahs.

"The Ag College one was equally as exciting as we had just such a young bunch of blokes," he said.

"It was a pretty exciting coach group there with Stuey (Hodgson) and Richard (Turnbull) and to have a lot of my Ag College mates eventually at 'Tahs was a pretty nice touch."

Corcoran thought playing the 2017 grand final at Leeton No.1 Oval, after the Phantoms won the major semi-final, added a different feel to grand final day.

He believes the competition felt stronger then than in his last two grand final successes.

"I think the standard has always remained pretty consistent," Corcoran said.

"Every year the game evolves, it gets faster and blokes get fitter but the depth of quality has slightly naturally fallen as numbers have dwindled," Corcoran said.

"From 2011 to 2017 there could have been three or four sides who could have won the comp while over the last couple of years there has probably only been one or two."

Drawn to have a bye to start the season, Waratahs were supposed to start another title defence up against CSU last weekend.

The season is on hold due to the coronavirus crisis with a ban on all rugby activities until July 1 currently in place.

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