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Joe Canning

Joe Canning
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Joe Canning playing for Portumna in 2013
Personal information
Irish name Seosamh Ó Cainín
Sport Hurling
Position Full Forward
Born (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 28)
Portumna, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Occupation PR Executive
Club(s)
Years Club
2004- Portumna
Club titles
Galway titles 5
Connacht titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 4
Colleges(s)
Years College
Limerick IT
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2008-present Galway 42 (25-296)
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 17:34, 8 July 2016.

Joe Canning (born 11 October 1988) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a full-forward for the Galway senior team. He joined the team during the 2008 National League and immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen.

Canning is regarded as one of the modern greats of the game. An All-Ireland medalist at county level in both the minor and under-21 grades, he has won Leinster and National League winners' medals at senior level.

At club level Canning is a four-time All-Ireland medalist with Portumna, his fourth title with the team coming in the 2014 Championship. In addition to this he has also won two Connacht medals, before it was disbanded for the 2008 Championship, and four county club championship medals.

In addition to the medals won with his teammates, Canning has also received a number of awards for individual achievement. He won the Vodafone Young Hurler of the Year award in his debut championship season in 2008 while he has also claimed two All Star Awards. In 2012 he was included at full-forward on the and on the best Galway team of the last fifty years. Canning is also the hurler with the most followers on Twitter, ahead of Donal Óg Cusack and Eoin Cadogan.


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