Conor Cooney hoping Congress will grant Galway home comforts

Home championship games for Galway’s senior hurlers and the U21s being incorporated into the Leinster competition would represent a good day for the county at Saturday’s Special Congress according to Conor Cooney.

The 25-year-old would love to see the All-Ireland champions host a Leinster game at Pearse Stadium next year although there are concerns that the round-robin provincial proposal may not receive the required 60% support.

“Galway have been looking for Leinster Championship games in a home venue so I’d be delighted if that passed. If you had the likes of Kilkenny coming up to Pearse Stadium ... you’d get a packed house and it’d be fantastic.