Canning powers Portumna victory

REIGNING champions Portumna sealed a place in the quarter-finals of the Galway senior hurling championship when they defeated Kinvara by 2-22 to 1-10 in a repeat of the 2007 county final.

Portumna responded to an early David Huban goal from a 20-metre free by scoring 10 points in as many minutes. Joe Canning scored five of these with the Smith brothers, Andy, Leo and Peter adding five more between them.

By half-time Portumna led by 0-13 to 1-3 and three minutes into the second half the game was over as a contest when Niall Hayes had added Portumna’s first goal.