{"id":617675,"date":"2026-09-08T00:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617675\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T00:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:06:15","slug":"joe-canning-gives-witty-retirement-response-after-big-portumna-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617675\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Canning Gives Witty Retirement Response After Big Portumna Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Joe Canning had a typically dry response when asked whether there was anything he could not do after helping Portumna defeat Kinvara in the Galway premier intermediate hurling championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Portumna won by 3-16 to 0-14 in Gort on Sunday, finishing second in their group behind Meelick-Eyrecourt and keeping their championship campaign alive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Canning contributed two points and operated in several positions, including centre-half back during the victory, prompting the interviewer to ask whether anything remained beyond him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Retire, I suppose, at this stage. That\u2019s the next thing I have to do.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Canning Gives Witty Retirement Response After Big Portumna Win<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The light-hearted exchange rounded off an interview with The Maroon &amp; White Pod in which Canning was considerably tougher on Portumna\u2019s performance than the 11-point winning margin might suggest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Early goals gave them a platform, but he felt their second-half display left plenty of room for improvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We were poor in the second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We were lucky enough today. We got a few early goals and it kind of helped us along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">There was also an honest admission about his role in one of those goals.<\/p>\n<p>\n        Recommended\n    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a :href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\" :title=\"article.title\" :aria-label=\"article.title\" class=\"not-prose col-span-2 md:col-span-1 ga-event\" data-category=\"Recommended Article Tracker\" data-action=\"click\" :data-label=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\" :data-value=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.url\"><\/p>\n<p>                                            <img class=\"aspect-video\" width=\"130\" height=\"73\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/article.image\" :alt=\"'Image for: ' + article.title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Asked whether a free that dropped into the danger area had been an intended delivery or an attempt at a point, Canning admitted he had been trying to score himself.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Joe Canning plays crucial role in Portumna\u2019s win over Kinvara in round three of the Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QyyLGUFxAH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QyyLGUFxAH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Maroon &amp; White Pod (@maroonwhitepod) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maroonwhitepod\/status\/2096718198787756138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">I was going for the point, to be honest. I was going for the point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We got a bit of luck today, in fairness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The result continues Portumna\u2019s efforts to rebuild after losing their senior status last season. Defeat to Ballinderreen in the 2025 Senior B quarter-final left them facing premier intermediate hurling as part of Galway\u2019s championship restructuring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Canning is now helping a younger generation find its feet, with the physical demands of adult championship hurling a particular challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">While encouraged by their ability, he stressed that players coming straight out of minor need time and support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We have a lot of young fellas now coming through, so it\u2019s just about trying to get them up to speed physically and stuff like that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We\u2019ve a nice little mix of youth and, I suppose, experience like myself and a few of the other lads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">That balance is central to the team\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The lads are only just out of minor and stuff like that, so it\u2019s difficult for them to come into senior or into intermediate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">We know they\u2019re good hurlers, but physically we just need to bring them on as much as we can.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Portumna had followed an opening defeat to Meelick-Eyrecourt with victory over Ahascragh\/Fohenagh, leaving the Kinvara encounter as their final group assignment. <\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/kobe-mcdonald-st-kilda-crossmolina-mayo-662751\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kobe McDonald Pays Tribute To St Kilda After Making Mayo Club Return<\/a><br \/>\nSEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balls.ie\/gaa\/james-maguire-monaghan-louth-gaa-662758\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Louth Star Delivers Nine-Point Masterclass In Monaghan Championship Thriller<\/a><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Canning had a typically dry response when asked whether there was anything he could not do after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,262125,112],"class_list":["post-617675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-joe-canning-portumna","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}