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Hardly dark horses, very little between Ballyfin, Mountmellick, Ballylinan & Kilcavan. Looks like a wide open championship

Incredible comeback by Wicklow after a disastrous first half. This game highlighted the benefit of the Tailteann Cup and the new rules as such a comeback would hardly be possible without 2 pointers.

I was very impressed with Wicklows attacking play and their willingness to take on their markers, you will be hard pressed to see a better goal than theirs this season. Credit to McConville who has done a superb job with them, I thought their No.14 Kevin Quinn was excellent. Well done Wicklow.

You can talk about refs etc - that block won Kerry the game. That goes over Tyrone win it

Reminds of Conor Gormley's block on Stephen McDonald at the end of the 2003 All Ireland final. Unreal stuff

It's better than Gormley's block I'd say.

It certainly looks better in slow motion and is a more agile block for sure but context matters. I was at the 2003 final (Laois minors were in the final) and you knew in that split second the match was on the line, it fell to one of the best forwards in the country and Gormley put his body on the line to help his county win their first ever All Ireland against their bitter rivals. It does not get bigger than that.

You can see it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCC6PxhkWzc&t=4834s

You can talk about refs etc - that block won Kerry the game. That goes over Tyrone win it

Reminds of Conor Gormley's block on Stephen McDonald at the end of the 2003 All Ireland final. Unreal stuff

I get Kerry are very very good given they are the champions and all but I hear a lot of people thinking its theirs to lose now. That seems a bit simple after what we have seen from the Dubs that last 2 weeks who have really found their stride now.

Also Louth are surely a very dangerous opponent for any of the 3 sides left, I did not think it would be possible in the modern game to go down a man and win a match, especially for the length of time they had to cope with it. Monaghan may not be a Kerry or a Galway but are a decent team so to come out on top was pretty extraordinary.

I don't know the stats but wondering when was the last time a team with 14 for a significant period of time won a match?
Its not like back in the day when say the Meath team of lates 80s early 90s when going down a man almost suited them, in this day and age it's like a yellow card in Rugby where teams most often or not score a try in that period when they have a numerical advantage. It feels crazy that Louth pulled it out of the fire and will be a huge shot in the arm of that squad who will be on cloud 9 preparing for that May game.

No disrespect to Offaly but they setup with 15 on 15 which for me is fine but some of the old basics like mark up your man was more the problem that not playing a sweeper. A lot of weaker teams are copying nonsense tactics from top teams and forgetting about the basics of the game. Dublin similar on Saturday. I just cant understand tactics that allow Cork and Clare players in acres of space all over the field. Mark your man and win your own ball comes first.

It's all well and good saying go mark your man but if he is a superior athlete and stronger than you then you and your team are in trouble, this was clearly the case for the Offaly defenders assigned to mark Walsh and Hayes who did what they liked. Going 15 v 15 in that instance is crazy.

People whining about the state of hurling surely can see these things come in cycles, we should be thanking our lucky stars that we have a team like Cork who can put it up to this great Limerick side of the entire championship would be a foregone conclusion.

I have only seen highlights so far apart from the Brazil match which I watched live, they were lucky to get a draw against a very good Morocco side. Apart from Raphinha and Vinícius Júnior they look a very average side to be honest.

An awful finish to the season, men against boys which the scoreboard basically reflects.

Laois actually playing well enough going forward but having to work much harder than Down for their scores. They need to be able to work some two pointers to get back into this.

McNulty and his team are there 3 years, and its usually time enough to put a clear style of play, build the squad they want,and show progress, now it's time to deliver, no more excuses.

McNulty and his team have clearly done a great job with Laois and consistently gets the best out of the players at his disposal. Very tough game today obviously but better to get them on home turf than at Croke Park in a final I would say. It should be close so hoping home advantage gives us that edge.

Best of luck to all players and management involved.

I think all teams should have at least the possibility of winning the All Ireland. The All Ireland series should be based on seeding and seedings are derived from the stand alone competitions of the league, provincial championships, the Tailteann cup (all of which are run off before the AI series starts) and also previous seasons AI championship.
The top 16 ranked sides qualify to compete for Sam McGuire in proper knockout format with the final in September.

I though it was a shame they ditched the Joe McDonagh winners playing the 3rd place team in Leinster/Munster, that was an avenue to theoretically win the All Ireland, even though there was a big gulf between the two tiers they would have at least being apart of the competition.

It does feel like those tiers are being ignored. This was the RTE GAA page last Saturday on the day they were broadcasting the Joe McDonagh cup final, not even one article about the fact it was even on.

We'll ate Carlow alive in Croker. The timbering they done in netwatch wont work in Croker. Last year we weren't right either day against Kildare, as we thought we just had a bad day the first day and went again. We've torn it up this time and the build of the forward line has changed. We'll ate them.

Not as comfy as I suspected but comfy in the end. Delighted for Tommy Fitz, a gent of a man and deserving of his moment. He took some blackguarding the past year and half, here and other places, there's not a bad bone in Tommys body and his love and care for our county is always foremost.

Well done also to Picky, what a servant, what a warrior. He had no need to come back, he'd give us plenty, but back he came, and partly down to Tommy also. He had his day again today, and was my MOTM, without him we'd not have had the platform from puck outs for a start. A legend and his name is well made in Laois hurling now.

Two pieces of silverware. Enjoy it, we'll  worry about next year next year.

In fairness the league Laois were in compared to Carlow was a big handicap in terms of preparation so makes it that bit sweeter for the group.

Great to get win after last few years but far from convincing. Still in a final the win is all that matters. The game was summed up by the Laois goal in a way, lots of mistakes by both teams before it eventually came across to Cillian Dunne to bury it to the net. He got a super point near the end under the Hogan stand also.

Carlow will be kicking themselves though, not sure their final wides tally but they had hit 20 wides by the 62nd minute which tells it's own story.

Decent first half from Laois after a poor stat. Both sides guilty of basic mistakes and bad wides but Laois overall greater quality throughout the side giving them the edge but they need to be smarter with their decision making.

I foolishly went on to the GAA page on the national broadcasters website to double check the throw in time, I assumed seen as they are broadcasting it they would at least have one article about the game. Nope.

RTE clearly couldn't care less about promoting the game. What a joke.