Joe Canning departed with a hurling record - but two sharpshooters are on his tail

Patrick Horgan is closing in on Joe Canning's record as hurling's top scorer - but TJ Reid is lurking

Joe Canning: Became the hurling championships top ever scorer before retiring this year. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

When Steph Curry scored his second 3-pointer in the Golden State Warriors’ match against the New York Knicks this month, he passed Ray Allen to become the NBA’s all-time leader with 2,974 career 3-pointers.

Curry made the historic basket with 7:33 left in the first quarter, an accomplishment all the more remarkable again considering it took Allen 1,300 career games to set the previous mark. Yet Curry broke the record in just his 789th career game.