John McIntyre is set to continue as Galway hurling manager for a third year after expressing a desire to remain in charge.

The Galway hurling board are keen to retain McIntyre's services, while several players have also pleaded with him to remain on for another term.

Galway hurling board chairman Joe Byrne said: "I am confident at this stage that John is very interested. He would like to be considered and that is positive news. I'll be honest, I have heard no negativity towards him not being appointed. But in fairness we have to respect the protocol.

"I cannot just go off and do a deal with John McIntyre and ignore the delegates. From my point of view it is very positive that John is interested in staying on. We'll have the manager's report next week and on foot of that we'll agree the process for his appointment, that is my hope." Tweet

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