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Fixtures:
Laois V Westmeath. April 19th or 20th. Home Fixture.
Down V Laois. April 26th or 27th. Away Fixture.
Weekend Off - May Bank Holiday Weekend.
Laois V Kerry. May 10th or 11th. Home Fixture.
Laois V Kildare. May 17th or 18th. Home Fixture.
Carlow V Laois. May 24th or 25th. Away Fixture.

As I mentioned in the NHL 1B Thread, Carlow and Down will be stern opposition in this group. Down done a number on Offaly a few years ago which condemned them to Christy Ring Cup, so they cannot be taken for granted considering their great progress in the league. Carlow too - an impressive league and they condemned us to Division 2 hurling next year. Hopefully the lads will avenge Carlow, and save it for the JMD Final!!!

Any thoughts on who will get the appointment lads?

With Darren Gleeson finishing up after 5 years in Antrim, will he be approached by Laois?
Portroe to Portlaoise is certainly a shorter road than Portroe to Portrush!

Three great results this weekend for Seniors, Minors and U20s. Watched the U20s on Clubber last night and was quite impressed with the team who have rebounded from the disastrous Kilkenny result. We drew with Wexford (who also lost heavily to KK) and beat Kildare last night who are making great strides at Minor and U20.

Next up our U20 lads face Offaly which will be an interesting tussle. A fair few of our lads hurled this Offaly team in the Leinster Final a couple of years ago, so hopefully some revenge factor comes into the game on May 8th.

The minors also face Offaly in their next game following wins over Kerry and Carlow (lost badly to Kildare). This game is on May 4th.

https://hoganstand.com/article/index/318027

What an unbelievable point by Duggan.

With the National Hurling League 2020 done and dusted, attention won't be long about turning to the 2020 Provincials.

Laois v Galway on May 9th at MW Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.
Kilkenny v Laois on May 16th at UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.
Dublin v Laois on May 31st at Parnell Park, Dublin.
Laois v Wexford on June 6th or 7th at MW Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.

On June 13th and 14th another round of games take place between our four opponents.

June 28th sees the Leinster Final take place in Croke Park.

Lets hope that the Covid-19 outbreak doesn't get any worse and compromise this year's hurling championship.

Interesting report. http://www.midlands103.com/sport-centre/ryan-to-be-appointed-in-laois/

http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=273040

Anyone read this yet? The proposals are bizarre and gives the likes of Laois nothing to aim for. The whole fiasco of bringing Galway into Leinster means that Wexford were denied a Leinster title this year and denied also either Dublin or Offaly a final appearance.

In the short to medium term, the biggest achievement Laois could possibly muster would be a Leinster final appearance, so putting us into a pot with other teams outside of our province is insulting to say the least and gives our players little to aim for.

It's high time Munster was told to fuckoff with their stranglehold over the AI series. Winning a provincial should have no impact on progression to the All Ireland. Rewarding the provincial champions with an AI semi-final spot is long beyond it's sell by date, but the c***ts in Munster will not allow this to go.

We need to have the provincial championships run off SEPARATE from the AI series. Tell Munster and Leinster to have all their games run off by Bank Holiday June and then start an open draw for the AI series in July, giving clubs a month during high summer to finish leagues and start their respective championships.

These proposals at the link above are sickening and will kill hurling in the less than successful counties. 

So, the draw has been made - however from the news reports that I have seen I am unsure of who faces who - whether or not the table topper gets Offaly or Wexford.

Sonny Walsh Under 14 Hurling Tournament full time: Kildare 1-10, Laois 0-6 

Tony Forrestial Under 14 Hurling Tournament full time: Dublin  3-07 to 1-04 Laois 

Arrabawn Under 16 Hurling Tournament full time: Laois  2-16 to 3-08 Kerry 

Results so far as of 1pm. A few dismal results to be honest and calls into question the quality of training clubs and county are offering players.

Anyone know why the www.kilkennycats.com forum is offline lately?

The Kilkenny V Laois minor hurling match is fixed for Freshford on Sunday 13th April 2008 at 1.00pm. Any ideas on why the powers-that-be did not fix the game for Nowlan Park as a curtain-raiser for the NHL Semi Final meeting of Tipp and Kilkenny?

So much for promoting hurling in the weaker counties... 

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/sundaygame

Sign the petition please lads and gals!