Canning battling for fitness

JOE CANNING is in a race against time to be fit for Portumna’s All-Ireland Club SHC semi-final against Loughmore Castleiney on Sunday.

The Limerick Institute of Technology star is receiving intensive treatment on a badly-torn hamstring sustained in last weeks Fitzgibbon Cup draw with rivals University of Limerick.

He spent much of yesterday in Dublin seeing a specialist.