Canning out to make good first impression

TOMORROW sees a baptism of sorts in hurling. It is Galway’s first game in the Leinster senior hurling championship as they face Laois in Portlaoise.

A baptism of fire? Bet on it. While the entry of the Tribesmen and Antrim into the eastern province was widely acclaimed, there were many from inside the province, and from the lesser-known hurling counties especially, who were less enthusiastic.

This may indeed do a lot of good for hurling in both Antrim and Galway, goes the logic, but what is it going to do for the likes of Westmeath, of Carlow and Kildare?