 He retired from inter @-@ county football following this performance with a sixth All Star , ending a sixteen @-@ year tenure in Senior championship football . He said of his decision , " I have spent enough time on the treatment table " , referring to the instances where he played while carrying potentially career @-@ threatening injuries , as he had done in 1996 and 2003 . Canavan 's appearance in the 2005 final ( his last game for Tyrone ) , was his forty @-@ ninth Championship match . 
