Joe Canning: ‘The drinking shouldn’t have happened ... but to then run the crap out of us was madness’
Galway hurler Joe Canning writes about the ‘off-the-wall intensity’ of Ger Loughnane’s training regime, how the game takes players to the rawest of places and the infamous story of the Dew Drop 15 in this extract from his new book
Joe Canning: All-Ireland heartache and euphoria defined by a single point
Sweet championship success for Clare given big game defeats the Banner County endured over last few years
Joe Canning on the Clare hurling team: The 15 men bidding for All-Ireland glory
Clare name an unchanged starting line-up ahead of this weekend’s clash with Cork
Joe Canning: Clare are battle-hardened and very hard to beat but my slight fancy is for Cork
Joe Canning: Cork rode their luck to survive earlier in the championship but the two victories over Limerick have transformed the team’s self-belief
Joe Canning: Cork deserved their win, but this Limerick team is far from finished
Limerick will win more All-Irelands as long as John Kiely and Paul Kinnerk don’t walk away
Joe Canning: Clare are in the last-chance saloon if this team is to win an All-Ireland
I can’t see Cork catching Limerick again while it’s last chance saloon for this Clare team if they are going to win an All-Ireland
Joe Canning: Tough rebuilding job in store for next Galway manager as Henry Shefflin bows out
Juggling family and work with the Galway job must have been a serious grind at times over the last three years
Joe Canning: We won’t see them, but certain matches this weekend will influence the All-Ireland semi-finals
Cork and Clare face a challenge that Limerick and Kilkenny earned the right to avoid
Joe Canning: Clare’s confidence will be tested against Wexford
It’s hard to see any way Dublin can beat Cork Wexford
Joe Canning: Clare’s poor free-taking and lack of ruthlessness led to their defeat against Limerick
Brian Lohan’s half-back line were virtually non-existent while Limerick’s were influential in the Munster final
Joe Canning: Clare need a fit and firing Tony Kelly to end Limerick’s Munster reign
Clare have to overcome a major psychological hurdle to take down the champions
Joe Canning: Difficult times for Galway as their season ends in a whimper
Joe Canning: Galway would be better off retaining the services of Henry Shefflin and Eamon O’Shea as they begin rebuilding project
Joe Canning: The consequences of another hiding for Tipperary don’t bear thinking about
Munster shouldn’t overshadow the Leinster championships, where yet more drama is on the cards
Joe Canning: Cork will need to reproduce their best to clear tricky Tipp hurdle
It’s a must-win game for both Tipperary and Cork in Thurles while settled Clare should prove too strong for Waterford in Ennis
Joe Canning: Galway look a bit lost - can they find themselves again before it’s too late?
Despite alarming performance against Wexford, Galway still have time to turn things around, but for Cork time is running out fast