Written by Laois PR Team
The Laois senior hurlers will play Kerry at home in the Round 3 game of the Joe McDonagh Cup on Sunday May 11th, with throw in at 4pm in Laois Hire O’Moore Park.
Tickets can be purchased both online and in person using the following options below.
Tickets can be purchased online here:
**Please note that juvenile u16 tickets cost 5 euro and must be purchased alongside an adult ticket for entry.**
Tickets can be purchased in person via selected participating SuperValu stores:
SuperValu Stradbally
Breslin’s SuperValu Rathdowney
McConville’s SuperValu Mountmellick
McLoughlin’s SuperValu Portarlington
Mulhall’s SuperValu Portlaoise
SuperValu Abbeyleix
SuperValu Parkside Portlaoise.
Follow live match scores and updates on our official CLG Laois Twitter account: @CLGLaois.
Manager Tommy Fitzgerald has named the following side to face Kerry:
Recent Laois Stats: vs Down.
Jer Quinlan scored Laois’ 5000th championship point ever (includes goals).
Remarkably, PJ Scully’s goal was his first ever in the championship.
Congratulations to Paddy Purcell who was involved in a 24th SHC win with Laois senior hurlers and sets a new record for the senior hurlers.
It was Cha Dywer’s 90th overall appearance.
60th league & cship app for Podge Delaney and a 20th for David Dooley.
Lee Cleere made his 25th senior hurling championship appearances vs Down.
James Duggan is only the 27th known sub to score a goal in a championship match for Laois senior hurlers. James Duggan equalled the scoring record for a sub in a SHC match. He equals the 2006 total of 7pts (Mark Rooney vs Galway).
James Duggan was the man to get the score that broke the record with his second goal bringing Laois’s tally to 6-33, 51 points in total.
Ben Conroy made it the 36th time that a Laois hurler has scored 8+ points in a senior championship match.
It’s the first time ever that we have had four players score 6+ points in a senior championship match.
For only the 4th time ever in a SHC match, Laois had 13 scorers.
Only the 9th time that we had three scoring subs.
The score vs Down was Laois’ second highest ever HT score in the championship. It is only topped by our 1939 score of 9-5 (32pts, vs Meath). In the 2nd half, it was Laois’ highest ever score in a senior championship match.
Round 2 Recap:
Laois: 6.36
Down: 1.12
Laois Scorers: Ben Conroy 2-2, James Duggan 2-1, Jer Quinlan 0-8 (three frees), Tomas Keyes 0-7 (six frees), Cha Dwyer 1-3, PJ Scully 1-2 (0-1 free), Aidan Corby 0-5, Ryan Mullaney and Podge Delaney (frees) 0-2 each, Cody Comerford, David Dooley, Fiachra C Fennell and John Lennon 0-1 each.
Subs: John Lennon for Cuddy (30), Martin Phelan for Keyes (ht), James Duggan for Corby (51), PJ Scully for Quinlan (55), Donnchadh Hartnett for Comerford (55)
The combination of Cha Dywer and Ben Conroy was hugely effective in this powerful and relentless Laois attacking perfomance. For the first 2 goals from play for Laois, Cha Dwyer perfectly directly set up Ben Conroy with a lovely pass for Conroy to score his 1st goal from play. Next, the favor was returned from Ben Conroy to Cha Dwyer as Conroy wonderfully set up Dwyer for Dywer’s brilliant goal from play.
Ben Conroy got a total 2-2 from play in his best game ever for Laois yet and not only his attacking prowess on show but his physcial strength used to win possession both on and off the ball was immense.
James Duggan and PJ Scully made a big impression after their introductions to the play in what could effectively be described as a ‘super sub’ performance from the duo.
Ben Conroy and Cha Dwyer were the stars of the 1st half, James Duggan and PJ Scully the stars of the 2nd half.
James Duggan scored his opening point just 2 minutes after his introduction in the 51st minute, James Duggan fantastically flicked the ball over the keeper. His 1st goal scored only five minutes after his introduction.
PJ Scully scored his opening point immediately with his first touch after being introduced in the 56th minute. Scored his first ever senior hurling inter county championship goal, just five minutes after his introduction.
Kerry:
Round 1 Result:
Kildare: 0-19
Kerry: 1-17
Padraig Doyle scored a total 1-7 in the opening round game and 1pt win over Kildare. Impact substitute Dylan Moriarty scored a total 0-5 upon introduction, points scored from all his 5 shots. Captain Oisin Maunsell scored the match winning point.
Round 2 Result:
Kerry: 0-17
Carlow: 3-27
Dylan Moriarty was accurate from dead balls with 6 points scored from frees. Captain Oisin Maunsell scored 0-2 from play. Introduced as a sub in the last 15 minutes, Shane Nolan made a great impression with 0-3 scored from play.
Previous Meeting: 4th May 2024: Joe McDonagh Cup Round 3
Laois: 1.25
Kerry: 0.18
By Laois PRO Sat 10th May
