Confirmed: Joe Canning enters record books for sideline-cut scores

Canning’s quartet brought his Championship side-line cut tally to a stunning 28 points, 20 ahead of his nearest rival

Galway’s Joe Canning scores a point from a sideline cut, one of four sideline scores he recorded in the match. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Joe Canning’s conversion of four sideline cuts was a record tally in a Championship game. 

Canning's stunning marksmanship bettered the previous high of 0-3 from lineballs which was shared by Michael Moroney of Clare (1977 Munster first round v Tipperary in Limerick) and Wexford’s Martin Storey in the 1993 Leinster final v Kilkenny in Croke Park. Coincidentally both of those hat-tricks were secured in drawn encounters.