| Jack Canning | |
| Irish: | Seán Ó Cainin |
| Birth Date: | 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Portumna, County Galway, Ireland |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 3 |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Code: | Hurling |
| County: | Galway |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Portumna |
| Clyears: | 2020-present |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Galway |
| Icyears: | 2021 |
| Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
| Icapps(Points): | 0 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 22:31, 12 January 2021 |
Jack Canning (born 1999) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Portumna, while he has also lined out at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.
Canning played a number of sports as a student at the Cistercian College in Roscrea. He was part of the college's rugby union team that won the Leinster Senior Cup after beating Belvedere College in 2015.[1] Canning began his club hurling career at juvenile and underage levels with Portumna, before making his senior team debut in 2017.[2]
On the inter-county scene, Canning first appeared for Galway during a two-year tenure with the minor team. He scored 2-02 and was man of the match when Galway defeated Cork in the 2017 All-Ireland minor final. He was later named on the minor team of the year.[3] Canning immediatley progressed to the under-21 team and won a Leinster U21HC title in 2018.[4]
Canning put his hurling career on hold when he joined Northern Suburbs Rugby Club in Sydney in January 2018.[5] He returned after a year and resumed his club career with Portumna. Canning was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team in January 2021.[6] [7]
His uncles, Ollie and Joe Canning also lined out with Galway.[8]
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2018