Joe Canning described the GAA’s lack of support for the Dillion Quirke Foundation as a “disgrace” when speaking on last night’s Sunday Game.

Limerick and Tipperary had planned to wear charity logos for the Dillion Quirke Foundation, which was set-up following the tragic death of the young Tipp hurler, for the teams’ Munster championship clash in May.

However, the GAA's Management Committee did not allow the players to wear the logo on their shirts and, when asked on The Sunday Game last night to pick his moment of the season, Galway star Canning again highlighted the matter.

“When Limerick played Tipperary and they weren’t to wear the sponsor jersey, that for me would have been my moment of the year. And it is in a way that Limerick and Tipp, they still wore their (Dillon Quirke Foundation) training gear for warm-ups,” said the Portumna man.

“We said it at the day, it was a bit of a disgrace that the GAA did not allow them to support because Dillon Quirke gave his life to the GAA.

“That for me was a wrong thing by the GAA this year, and it should be highlighted here tonight and even further afield again.

“That young fella lost his life on the hurling pitch, on that pitch in Thurles, and what they done to the foundation, the family, the disrespect they showed by not allowing that . . . and in fairness to both Limerick and Tipperary, they done themselves proud that night.”

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