Canning fitness concern for Tribe

Joe Canning has emerged as a doubt for Galway’s Leinster SHC opener against Westmeath on Sunday after suffering a recurrence of the shoulder injury which sidelined him for most of their league campaign.

Canning took a heavy knock to his shoulder in a training match against Clare on Monday evening.

Canning ruptured his AC joint playing for Limerick IT in the Fitzgibbon Cup in February and missed all of Galway’s scheduled league games but returned for the relegation matches against Dublin.