Joe Canning

Joe Canning is an Irish hurler, born in Portumna in County Galway in October 1988, who plays club hurling for Portumna and played at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team for fourteen seasons. He is regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the sport. He first played competitive hurling with Portumna at juvenile and underage levels and made his senior club debut aged fifteen in May 2004. For Galway he won seven major trophies, including one All-Ireland Championship, three Leinster Championships and three National Hurling Leagues, won five All-Stars and was named GAA-GPA Hurler of the Year in 2017. He is a prolific scorer from play and from placed balls, holds the record for the most sideline cuts scored, 28, and was for a time the championship's all-time top scorer with 27 goals and 486 points. His 62 championship appearances are a Galway record.