Late agony for Arles

LAOIS SFC FINAL Portlaoise 1-8 Arles-Kilcruise 0-8:FOR THE second year in a row the Laois senior football final was decided by a crucial late goal.

Champions Portlaoise led by a point with a minute to go when a high ball came in from midfield that was fielded by Diarmuid Carroll. But he spilled the ball and the alert Paul Cahillane got a fist to it and beat the keeper from close range.

A devastated Arles-Kilcruise did not have time to recover and Portlaoise went on to complete their four-in-a-row of county titles. .

PORTLAOISE: M Nolan (Capt); E Bland, C Healy, B Mulligan; K Lillis, H Coghlan, C Boyle; A Kelly (0-2), S Nerney; P Cahillane (1-1), B McCormack, C Rogers; Z Touhy (0-2), C Byrne, K Fitzpatrick; Subs: B Fitzgerald (0-2)for C Byrne (half-time), Brian Glynn for K Fitzpatrick (half time) and Tom Fitzgerald for K Lillis (45 mins).

ARLES-KILCRUISE: J McDonald; M OShea, P Conway, R Stynes; JP Conway, D Carroll, C Munnelly; K Meaney, J Conway; R Munnelly (0-7), Chris Conway (0-1)(Capt), S Miller; F Egan, D Conway, J McLoughlin. Subs: K Sheridan for F Egan (43 mins), B Conway for S Miller (55 mins), A McElroy for J McLoughlin (49 mins).

Referee: John Flynn(The Rock).