Loughnane in Canning bid

GER LOUGHNANE last night pleaded with All Star Ollie Canning to reconsider his decision to quit intercounty hurling.

Canning retired last year saying his enthusiasm for the intercounty scene has diminished. After Loughnane’s Galway leaked 3-17 against Clare yesterday the manager admitted: “The big problem is still that, defensively, while we were missing a few big names today, we need someone like Ollie Canning as well.

“People are saying that when the Portumna lads come back — Ollie and Joe (Canning), Damien Hayes, Eoin Lynch, all of those — but I think Ollie Canning could still do a massive job for Galway.”