GAA.ie Hurler of the Week Joe Canning.
Galway's Joe Canning has been voted GAA.ie Hurler of the Week for his display in the Tribesmen's Allianz Hurling League Quarter-Final win over Waterford.
Portumna ace Canning, who has only recently returned to action following a serious hamstring injury earned 3,045 votes on the GAA's Official Twitter (@officialgaa), Facebook, and Instagram pages with Wexford's Conor McDonald second, and Clare's Tony Kelly third.
GAA.ie Hurler of the Week
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1: Joe Canning (Galway) - 3045 (42%)
2: Conor McDonald (Wexford) - 2801 (39%)
3: Tony Kelly (Clare) - 1382 (19%)
Galway produced the comeback of the day when they defeated Waterford by three points in their All-Ireland Quarter-Final having trailed by 10 at one stage in the second-half.
Joe Canning was the beating heart of their stirring revival as he grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck from his centre-forward berth to help the Westerners scored 1-7 without reply to close out the game.
Canning finished with a tally of 1-10 to his name, six points of which were from play, and roved all over the field to great effect in a hugely hard-working display.
Wexford’s dramatic victory over Kilkenny in Sunday’s Allianz League Quarter-Final marked the first time they’ve beaten the Cats in Nowlan Park since 1957.
It was very much a team performance, but Conor McDonald still managed to stand head and shoulders above every other player on the field.
He scored eight points, four of them from play, and tortured the Kilkenny defence with his intelligent movement and ball-winning ability.
Tony Kelly has certainly flushed the disappointment of losing the All-Ireland Club Final with Ballyea out of his system going by his man of the match performance for Clare in their Division 1A relegation play-off against Dublin.
He ran Dublin ragged from his midfield berth in the second half and finished the match with a tally of 1-3 from play to his name.
The goal was something extra-special. He intercepted a Conor Dooley puck-out and knifed through the Dublin defence with a speedy solo-run before lashing and unstoppable shot to the bottom corner of the net form all of 30 yards.
Players of the Week are decided based on votes cast by followers of @officialgaa on Twitter, on the Official GAA Facebook Page and on the Official GAA Instagram page.
