Championship Talking Points: Hoggy's record high, Lee's Limerick, Kildare progress and united Derry

Seven talking points from the weekend's Football and Hurling Championships

Patrick Horgan of Cork during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4 match between Waterford and Cork at Walsh Park in Waterford. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Patrick Horgan seals his place amongst hurling’s greats

Having just posted a wide, Patrick Horgan was called ashore in the 40th minute, a substitution he clearly didn’t expect going by his body language. Not that he was upset but the call seemed to surprise him. It was not the ideal finish to mark the afternoon he edged ahead of Joe Canning on the all-time championship scoring charts with 22-505 (571 points) but at least it coincided with a win - which keeps his dream of a first All-Ireland title alive. When Canning succeeded Henry Shefflin as number one last year, he did so in his final championship game as Galway lost to Waterford, the decisive point coming in the 65th minute as the game was going away from the Tribesmen. Horgan, needing only a point to take top spot, got the job done in the fourth minute when he converted the first of three first-half frees, four in total. Taking him off as he did, Kieran Kingston also allowed the small Cork support, who clearly knew what had been achieved, the opportunity to applaud their man. Afterwards, Horgan spent time with his wife Ashley and their baby boy Jack, decked in a Cork jersey. It will be one to tell him about as his dad made hurling history.