Captain Canty humbled at honour

IT was no surprise that Graham Canty’s first thought when the final whistle blew yesterday was not for himself but for a man left standing in familiar shoes.

Like the man from Bantry, Benny Coulter had spent the last decade weighed down by the wider championship’s market forces despite his classification as one of football’s blue chip properties.

The pair had become accustomed to offsetting those annual losses with profitable forays into the International Rules scene where they habitually add to their reputations.