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I understand your point Border but the CB lads aren't placing massive emphasis on these early rounds. Similar to Camross, Camross can often show poor form early and have a surprising loss/draw.. but year in year out those 2 teams have dominated Laois hurling for the past 10 years. They know they really only have to peak for the Semi & finals on a typical year. So, we have to take a more holistic view using recent years, and their county players performances into account.

Re the Harps - We're all expecting a lot of them based of underage success and unfortunately for them it's the first comment out of anyone's mouth when they fail. They have some super young talent but let me invite you all to remember the BK minor / u21 teams of about 15 years ago. PJ, the Dunphys, Joe Campion, Finan, Fleming, Butch etc. A very strong, dominant underage team but they only turned it into 1 senior title. And don't forget every other team will bring forward a player or 2 every year, we can't be blinded by the fact Harps are bringing 1 or 2 extra on top of that.

Food for thought

First post here guys but I'm a huge Laois hurling fan and an ex-hurler.

Some thoughts having watched most games:

Portlaoise have picked up 2 good results to solidify themselves for the year and maybe push further, Cian Taylor adding a nice boost.
Camross with an impressive result last week vrs RE - Mossy Keyes being almost unstoppable in full flow and RE have struggled to keep him quiet for some years now. The RE team are growing nicely with key players performing well and as a unit. Tadhg Dowling has arguably been the best performer over the first 2 games in Laois.
CB have started slow, but that's a worry for the rest as they will peak when it matters. As strong a club team I've ever seen in Laois, backboned by Laois best performers over recent years.
BK having Joe Campion back is huge, they have a decent team, but I feel they're forwards are strong but they're light at the back..

I enjoy reading all of your thoughts.