Leo Turley’s memories of the 1997 Leinster quarter-final between Laois and Kildare are hazy but he remembers well the 70 minutes of skirmishing between himself and Davy Dalton at one end of Croke Park and the 30 seconds of madness at the other.

EVER since the two counties came out of the hat together for the All-Ireland qualifiers a fortnight ago, the banter has been flying over the Laois-Offaly border.