Ollie Canning: Virus disruptions add to challenges facing Shane O’Neill and Galway

Galway senior hurling manager Shane O'Neill during the Galway SHC final last weekend. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

New Galway hurling boss Shane O’Neill is at a disadvantage to inter-county managers who have been in place since before the 2020 season, according to Ollie Canning.

Limerick native O’Neill was appointed Galway manager last November and while he would have enjoyed three largely uninterrupted months working with the players up to early March of this year, the subsequent lockdown and ban on collective inter-county training has severely limited on-field interaction with his full panel.