Canning: Tribesmen relishing early tests

LAST year it was Kilkenny in Tullamore in the semi-final, this year it’s Wexford in Nowlan Park in the quarter-final.

Big days in May and June was exactly what Galway wanted when they asked for a place in the Leinster senior hurling championship. It is also exactly what they needed too as players, according to long-serving defender Ollie Canning.

Canning explained: “I see it as Galway starting off the championship at the same time as everyone else, and that’s all we wanted for years.