Laois 3-16

Carlow 0-8

LAOIS CRUISED INTO the Leinster senior football championship quarter-finals with a 17-point drubbing of Carlow.

Goals from Conor Boyle, Donie Kingston and Tom Shiel steered the O’Moores to a comfortable 3-16 to 0-8 win in Netwatch Cullen Park.

It sets up a quarter-final clash with Kildare on 6 June while Carlow will try to salvage something from their summer in the qualifiers.

Darren Strong kicked the opening point of Laois’s campaign inside the opening two minutes and Tomás Ó Flatharta’s side took advantage of the breeze to begin with six points without reply.

Boyle’s goal in the 25th minute put them ahead by seven, 1-7 to 0-3, and three more unanswered points saw them stretch that advantage to double-figures by the break.

The game was already beyond Carlow when Kingston raised a green flag to make it 2-14 to 0-6 in the 53rd minute.

And Shiel completed the rout with a fine solo effort nine minutes from time.

Laois (named)

1. Graham Brody (Portlaoise)

2. Damien O’Connor (Timahoe)
3. Mark Timmons (Graiguecullen)
4. Stephen Attride (Killeshin)

5. Darren Strong (Emo)
6. Robbie Kehoe (O’Dempsey’s)
7. Colm Begley (Parnells)

8. Brendan Quigley (Timahoe)
9. John O’Loughlin (St Brigid’s)

10. Niall Donoher (Courtwood)
11. Conor Boyle (Portlaoise)
12. Evan O’Carroll (Crettyard)

13. Ross Munnelly (Arles-Kilcruise)
14. Donal Kingston (Arles-Killeen)
15. Paul Kingston (Arles-Killeen)

Carlow (named)

1. Robbie Molloy

2. Barry John Molloy
3. Shane Redmond
4. Kieran Nolan

5. Mark Fitzgerald
6. Daniel St Ledger
7. Benny Kavanagh

8. Sean Gannon
9. Darragh Foley

10. Ciaran Moran
11. Eoghan Ruth
12. David Bambrick

13. Alan Kelly
14. Ed Finnegan
15. Darragh O’Brien

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