Gaelic Games

Championship 2014: Laois

Manager: Séamus Plunkett (second year).Titles: Leinster 3 (1949), All-Ireland 1 (1915). 2014 league: 4th Division One B and lost quarter-final to Clare.Odds and ends: All-Ireland 300/1; Leinster 80/1.Bookies say: Leinster quarter-finals and All-Ireland qualifiers first round.What bookies said in 2013: Leinster first round and qualifiers Phase I.2013 championship: Lost Leinster semi-final to Galway 1-13 to 2-17 and All-Ireland qualifier Phase II to Limerick 0-15 to 1-32.Next up: Leinster round robin v London, May 18th.

Paddy Purcell steals a march on Clare’s Patrick Donnellan

Seán Moran's face
Seán Moran
Thu May 15 2014 - 11:49

Maintained last year’s almost startling improvement in proving competitive in the league and reaching the quarter-finals. Séamus Plunkett’s ability to get everyone on the same page and going in one direction has consolidated the improvement. The problem may be that Laois will be a more visible target this year. Still, they are favourites for the round robin and won’t fear a crack at Wexford.


Last good day: Put it up to Galway in last year's Leinster semi-final.

Laois