Canning eager to make big impact in league

He doesn’t turn 25 until next October and already has three All Stars to his name but Joe Canning still knows how to do self-deprecation.

Coming from a hurler who described himself as “slow and one-sided” on social network Bebo a few years back, maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise, even if he has plenty of reason not to. However, he doesn’t mind mocking himself as his take on Galway’s early season plans revealed: “The ball isn’t moving as quickly as you’d like but maybe it suits me and slows the lads around me down!”

Last Saturday, Galway were virtually off the plane from their team holiday in Dubai and into a challenge game against Offaly in Banagher.