Written by Laois PR Team
The Laois senior footballers will play their Round 1 game in the 2025 Leinster Senior Football Championship when they face Wexford away on Saturday April 5th in Wexford Park at 6pm.
The winners of Laois vs Wexford will face Louth in the quarter final in a neutral venue on the weekend of April 12th/13th. The defeated team will exit Leinster and enter the Tailteann Cup come the All Ireland stages.
Tickets can be purchased both online and in person using the following options below.
Tickets can be purchased online here: https://am.ticketmaster.com/gaa/buy/25WP0504?fbclid=IwY2xjawJc381leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtCELB9TqvQlSwZ56vnPWg5hXYypOL2itfHuK7vKGwBhfbJ5U1HIms36UIIA_aem_ZN-tdeJ3YuYJRQC_XuqKLw
Juveniles u16 require a ticket.
Tickets can be purchased in person via selected participating SuperValu stores:
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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 Justin McNulty has named the following side to face Wexford:
Recent Laois Stats:
Mark Barry finished as 2025 Division 3’s top scorer with a total 0-48. (24 frees, 22 from play, 1 two pointer free and 1 two pointer from play).
Most Previous Leinster Championship Meeting vs Wexford:
April 9th 2023: in Laois Hire O’Moore Park.
Laois: 2-17
Wexford: 2-13
Laois: Mark Barry 2-4 (two frees, one mark), Evan O’Carroll 0-6 (one free, one mark, one 45), Paul Kingston 0-4 (three frees), Damon Larkin 0-2, Paddy O’Sullivan 0-1
Wexford: Ben Brosnan 1-7 (1-0 pen, five frees), Robbie Brooks 1-1, Sean Nolan 0-2, Paudie Hughes 0-1, Kevin O’Grady 0-1, Eoghan Nolan 0-1 (one 45)
Standout Players Laois:
Damon Larkin made his leinster senior championship debut for Laois that day vs Wexford and was very impressive in midfield, with a score of 2 points and won alot of possession.
Forward Mark Barry was fantastic in front of goal as he scored 2 goals (with only the crossbar preventing his hat trick) and 4 points.
As a result of this stellar performance against Wexford that day, Mark Barry was nominated for GAA Player of the Week on April 11th 2023.
Other Leinster championship debuts that day for Laois: Pa Kirwan, Kevin Swayne and Niall Corbet (outfield debut as a substitute).
Laois’ last visit to Chadwick’s Wexford Park:
Allianz National Football League Division 4 Round 2 on February 3rd 2024:
Wexford: 0-12
Laois: 1-19
Laois: Shaun Fitzpatrick 1-2, Killian Roche 0-5 (all frees), Evan O’Carroll 0-4 (0-1 free), Damon Larkin 0-2, Brian Byrne, Kevin Swayne, Niall Dunne, Mark Barry, Ben Dempsey and Simon Fingleton 0-1 each.
Wexford: Glen Malone 0-3, Richie Waters 0-2, Ben Brosnan (free), Eoghan Nolan (45), Kevin O’Grady, Darragh Lyons, Padraic Hughes, Sean Nolan and Shane Pettit 0-1 each.
Wexford: are in great form currently as they won 7 games from 7 in the 2025 Division 4 campaign, with their only defeat in the league final to Limerick, 3-11 to 1-18.
Their standout forward is the impressive Pauric Hughes who has scored a total 1-17 from play, including a 1 two pointer.
Wexford’s entire half back line of:
Martin O’Connor (total score: 7 points), Eoghan Nolan (total score: 5 points) and Eoin Porter (total score: 6 points) have all been super strong defensively all year.
All three players have also contributed massively to the Wexford attack and scoreline, through excellent and directly setting up teammates with scores plus scoring brilliant points themselves.
By Laois PRO Fri 4th Apr
