Canning calls on tribe to be wary

Joe Canning reckons Galway got enough of a fright against Westmeath last year not to underestimate them this time round.

The Tribesmen will open their championship campaign against a Westmeath side managed by Galway man Brian Hanley when they clash in the Leinster SHC quarter-final at Mullingar on Sunday.

Canning was a sub when a hat-trick of goals from Cyril Donnellan gave Galway a rather flattering 4-17 to 2-14 win but it was only in the closing stages that they pulled away.