A ruthless second-half performance saw Clare safely through to the third round of the All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday afternoon, at the expense of Laois.

Kildare 4-24 IT Carlow 0-1: Kildare manager, Cian O’Neill, was in a perplexed mood following the result of this game.

Dublin 2-17 Laois 2-5: Dessie Farrell hailed Colm Basquel’s commitment and admitted the Ballyboden attacker’s strong vein of form has left him with a selection headache for the EirGrid Leinster U21 final.