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First round winners:
Rathdowney-Erill
Ballacolla
Clonad
Camross

Group A
Ballyfin
Clonaslee
Mountrath
Colt

Group B
The Harps
Rosenallis
Slieve Bloom
Shanahoe

Colt and Slieve Bloom to be in relegation play-off.

There is really only a long enough league and the championship. League is played from around start of March and just ended on Wednesday. Championship from late August to Middle of October.

I’d say that it will be fine tuned over the winter. The result vs the Dubs was probably unexpected when the programme was being put together.

One can hope.

Even so, the schedule was knowingly set up with seven days between the Joe McDonagh Final and the Preliminary Quarter-Finals--with the knowledge that two battle-worn JMcD teams would be taking the pitch to meet two successful Leinster panels who were well-rested, locked and loaded.

I see your point, Mossy, but I have to say, as a player, you want to be playing week in, week out, and it's my opinion that the regular games and week turnaround in fact helped Laois and our match sharpness. Most players love games every weekend as opposed to training. Also, a week is plenty of time to recover from a game the week before. We saw great momentum between the Joe Mc to the Dublin game to the Tipp game, we could easily have taken the energy out of it and over analysed had it have been 2-3 week break.

Truth be told we got very lucky with injuries, Donncha apart. That’s the danger of weekly games.

Well we didn't get any major injuries, but Donncha was not the only one. Mark was out for 2 games and Ben Conroy has been out all year. And Eanna missed the second half of the league!

Savagely proud of our boys. As for Tipp, tramps to a man

You are a despicable and cowardly excuse for a man. Everyone in Tipp is a tr**p, everyone in Offaly is a c*^t by your anonymous estimation.

So do include lads like Brendan Cummins, the Tipp players who clapped the Laois team off the field and the vast majority of Tipp people who have nothing but respect for Laois hurling?

+1

But you’d be worse to be replying to that fool of a man who contributes nothing on here

Ah cmon now, you’re not all that bad.

Brendan Cummins is actually quite fond of Laois and in particular Enda Rowland. He keeps singing his praises on the Sunday game.

Do you reckon we could be in line for multiple (4 or 5) all-star nominees...and, dare I ask, do you think we could actually have one or two all - stars named on the 15?

I doubt we will get any but we will get nominations. Rowland will I would say, Mullaney might, Kelly might and maybe Purcell. And maybe Aaron Dunphy.

You can watch full match and analysis here https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-sunday-game-live/SI0000001909?epguid=IH000379314:

Really proud today. It is out of the ordinary that the losers do a lap but still wonderful. Kelly man of the match and Tipp and every supporter clapping Laois off. A lot to be proud of.

There wont be that many Tipp fans as they think it won't be an interesting game.

You don't think about this but we could be in the championship longer than either Cork or Kilkenny. And we are in the championship longer than Clare, Waterford, Galway, Dublin and Carlow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Team Predictions:
Probably the same team.

GAA.ie Hurler of the Week
1: Willie Dunphy (Laois) - 12, 318 votes
2: John Lennon (Laois) - 10, 645 votes
3: Patrick Horgan (Cork) - 7, 365 votes

[Relegate Dublin next year now]

Well done on last weekend.

Thanks.

Relegate Dublin next year now.😉
Seriously though, I wasn’t completely surprised. Ye’ll put it up to the lot of them in Leinster next year.
Best of luck v Tipp. Can’t stand them at all.

Now that's something to look forward to!

We will do our best!

No Lennon will be allowed play! It is only straight red suspension.

Spend hour queuing then got Hogan Stand tickets