Cool Portumna playing down talk of three-peat

OLLIE CANNING has promised there will be no loose talk about three-in-a-rows in the Portumna camp before next month’s All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling final against Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks.

Such an achievement would be unique in the annals of the club game as no hurling or football side has achieved the feat in the competition’s history.

The most consistent run of success in either code was Crossmaglen’s three football titles in four years in the late 1990s and, having claimed wins in 2006, 2008 and 2009, Portumna have already equalled that feat.