Rebels must put shackles on Canning

GALWAY recorded their first championship win over Cork in 1975 but then made something of a habit of it with victories in 1979, 1985, 2002 and 2009.

Johnny Crowley, one of Cork’s finest defenders, was centrally involved in two of those defeats and also has memories of another.

“My first recollection of them was the All-Ireland semi-final of ’75. I wasn’t playing but I was there, and they surprised Cork. They beat us again in 1979 in the semi-final, when we were going for four-in-a-row.