Crunching the hurling numbers: 20 stats from 2020

Leo McGough looks through the record books after a year when Joe Canning extended his championship record for sideline cuts

Joe Canning of Galway scores a point from a sideline cut in the 33rd minute, during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Limerick and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ray McManus/Sportsfile

9 & 6: Limerick have now won nine All-Ireland titles in six calendar months having previously enjoyed glory in January (1918), March (1921), August (2018), September (1934, ’36, 1940, 1973), and November (1897).

3 & 13: The 2020 All-Ireland hurling final was just the third with a December setting but was the 13th SHC game played in the final month of the year.