LAOIS SHC FINAL: Clough/Ballacolla 2-13 Portlaoise 1-10

TWO bad blows in first half injury time left Roscrea with a mountain to climb in the second half of the Vinnie Murray Senior Cup Final yesterday, after they had made all the running for the first 25 minutes.

ST MARY’S College eclipsed Gonzaga in the Leinster Schools Senior Cup quarter-finals, and now wait on the winners of today’s clash between CBC Monkstown and St Michael’s College.

Rhode (Offaly) 1-6 Stradbally (Laois) 0-6

Galway have made two changes to their side for Saturday's All-Ireland Intermediate hurling final against Wexford in Portlaoise.

Laois 0-10 Kildare 0-6

DENIS CONNERTON has stepped down as Longford football manager in the wake of their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Dublin.