Patience a virtue for Galway starlet Burke

WHEN it came to mapping out his Galway senior hurling intercounty career, David Burke looked to the south-east of the county for inspiration.

Ever since he emerged as a precocious youngster with Portumna, Joe Canning had been anointed for greatness but after emerging from minor ranks he opted to delay his progression to the senior ranks for 12 months.

Burke may not have been a high-wattage star like Canning but three years featuring on the Galway minor teams left him perfectly entitled to consider life in the top flight.