Canning should ‘stay clear of seniors’

GALWAY’S All-Ireland U-21 manager Vincent Mullins believes teenage superstar Joe Canning should stay clear of senior hurling for another season.

Canning, one of the most exciting young talents in the game, turned down an offer from Ger Loughnane to join the senior squad this season. And Mullins, who steered the county to a second title win in three years against Dublin in Croke Park Sunday, thinks the 18-year-old should not be pressed into senior service next year.

Canning, who celebrates his 19th birthday next month said it was a decision “for another day.”