Laois Senior Footballers 2026

Karate kid · December 09, 2025, 09:40:27 PM

Quote from: les Antiques on December 09, 2025, 09:31:00 PMDamon Larkin not involved according to LaoisToday.
Healthy representation in from the 2 County Finalists. 11/12 I believe .

Is good to see alright, I would question the quality of a few of those lads called in off the back of this year and I do think that 2 of Courtwoods top 3 lads in Sean O Flynn and Niall Dunne would've been the best additions you could've got, along with Matthew Byron who will definitely be in the conversation for the number 1 jersey in my opinion.

les Antiques · December 09, 2025, 10:30:51 PM

No O'Flynn or Dunne involved .

Karate kid · December 09, 2025, 10:43:36 PM

Quote from: les Antiques on December 09, 2025, 10:30:51 PMNo O'Flynn or Dunne involved .

I know that yeah, just saying it's a shame.

les Antiques · December 09, 2025, 10:46:22 PM

Quote from: Karate kid on December 09, 2025, 10:43:36 PM
Quote from: les Antiques on December 09, 2025, 10:30:51 PMNo O'Flynn or Dunne involved .

I know that yeah, just saying it's a shame.

Yep absolutely. Both at there peak now also .

SpeculativeEffort · December 30, 2025, 08:30:39 PM

Plenty of talk here about who we will see in Laois jersey this year and one person I'm very hopeful to see again is someone who made a big impact a number of years ago. He brought excitement to the field and crowds came from near and far to see him.

So, will Jungle Joe be back? If so, will he be in Ratheniska on Saturday?

Leixman · December 31, 2025, 02:00:02 PM

He was given a free pass anyways, while the actual Laois GAA die hards will probably get told off in OMP for walking on the grass etc

SCFC · January 02, 2026, 12:13:58 PM

Team named for tomorrow;

Killian Roche (Killeshin); Conaire Gee (Ballyroan-Abbey), Trevor Collins (Graiguecullen), Ben O'Connor (Portlaoise); Jack Lacey (St Joseph's), Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise), Aaron McEvoy (Ballyroan-Abbey); Robert Tyrrell (Courtwood), Conor Heffernan (Killeshin); Killian Byrne (Ballyroan-Abbey), Cian Doyle (Courtwood), Josh Hogan (Portlaoise); Niall Corbet (Clonaslee St Manman's), Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen), Evan O'Carroll (Crettyard). Substitutes: Matthew Byron (Courtwood), Dan Boland (Courtwood), Mikie Dempsey (St Joseph's), Colin Dunne (Arles-Killeen), Darren Brennan (Portlaoise), Alan Kinsella (Courtwood), Cathal Lee (Clonaslee-St Manman's), Eoin Montague (Emo), Sean O'Neill (The Rock), Paddy O'Sullivan (Portarlington), Joey Shelly (Rosenallis).

Also see Dublin have a very unrecognisable team named for the game. Great to see Evan back and looking forward to seeing some of the new faces.

The PRO · January 03, 2026, 11:13:08 AM

Hoping Dunne from Killeen gets some game time. Good finisher.
Also the Ballyroan Abbey and Courtwood lads starting. Worth looking at them.
Ben O'Connor is a bit of a surprise for me.

SpeculativeEffort · January 04, 2026, 11:15:10 AM

Did Jungle Joe tog out?

The infidel in exile · January 04, 2026, 05:35:55 PM

No, He was last seen on his World tour in Venezuela three days ago in a KFC with a Laois top in Caracas, apparently he is on his way to Colombia

Butch Cassidy · January 04, 2026, 07:56:51 PM

Anyone at the match yesterday? We'll need to tighten up the middle, conceding goals our achilles heel the last fee years. Great to see Evan back, hopefully kicks on and has a hold run

SCFC · January 04, 2026, 09:46:23 PM

Wasn't at it but watched on Clubber.
Great to see Evan back. Looked sharp.
Not too many other standout performers. Killian Byrne, Cian Doyle showed well. Ben O'Connor too. Bit sloppy at the back to concede 4 goals. Heffernan and Tyrrell decent enough in the middle. Dunne and O'Sullivan did well off the bench.

Laois Rising · January 05, 2026, 12:50:09 PM

We really do lack a bit of star quality in the team. Barry and O'Carroll probably our best two and don't have Barry this year. Despite the lack of top level talent, McNulty will get the most from the team and hopefully that will see us being competitive in division 3 and give the Tailteann Cup another good rattle this year. When you see the depth in Dublin football they could easily field a second team squad (players outside their main panel of 30 plus) and easily compete in Division 2 of the league.

The PRO · January 05, 2026, 05:24:31 PM

Some crowd of Dubs down for the game!
Some of our new faces did well in patches. Lacking a bit of scoring power outside of Evan but very early to be judging lads! Would be great to see maybe Fingleton and Shaun Fitzpatrick back along with a few Port lads.
The list of absentees is killing us. Lacey, Barry, O'Flynn, Larkin etc.
What's the story with Eoin Lowry? Travelling I presume?