Joe Canning’s fitness may be all the talk as we approach the beginning of the 2019 All-Ireland hurling championship, but the man himself isn’t all that interested in adding to the chatter. “It’s 14/16 weeks from the surgery, so whenever that is,” a vague Canning said on Wednesday at a Bord Gais Energy hurling promotion. I’m just taking it week by week really. If it sounds sore then that’s because it was, but he was off the crutches and back walking within a week of the surgery. You can’t because there’s another 35 or 36 guys that are going to be there and if you bring in a bad vibe going into training, or anything like that, you’re affecting other people.

Source: Irish Examiner May 01, 2019 12:45 UTC