Dublin 2-21 Laois 2-10: For a time, it didn’t appear Jim Gavin wanted to level any criticism at his team for the two goals they conceded in the second half.

As expected, for Dublin it was a comfortable first championship day away from Croke Park in 10 days but not without its faults.

Ballyboden St Enda’s 2-9 Portlaoise 1-11: Not so much a game won as one frittered away.

No excuses, no blame.

League of Ireland round-up: Bray Wanderers’ players defied the club’s off-the-field problems once again to beat Derry City 1-0 at the Carlisle Grounds on Saturday night.

St Vincent’s 3-11 Portlaoise 0-10

Portlaoise 2-14 Arles-Killeen 0-9

Portlaoise got a mighty scare from Emo yesterday before reaching the quarter-finals of the Laois SFC.

Vincent’s 3-12 Portlaoise 3-09

St Vincent's (Dublin) 3-12 Portlaoise (Laois) 3-9

Brian McCormack believes Leinster club final opponents St Vincent’s will be adding the real footballer of the year to their line-up this weekend.

Portlaoise 1-9 Moorefield 0-8

Glenswilly and Ballinderry Shamrocks booked their places in the AIB Ulster Senior Club Football Final following today's Senior club football action.

Portlaoise 2-08 Arles-Killeen 1-08

Portlaoise remain on course to claim a seventh Laois SFC title in-a-row after they eased to a six point win (1-15 to 1-9) over Arles-Kilcruise in yesterday’s semi-final.

Sigerson Cup quarter-final: DCU 2-10 UCD 0-6

Ballymun Kickhams 0-11 Portlaoise 0-08

Portlaoise (Laois) 1-11 Emmet Óg Killoe (Longford) 2-05

Laois 0-10 Down 2-11, Portlaoise

The opposing managers were at odds after the final whistle of this dramatic game which ended with Laois securing a victory that helps them in their battle to avoid relegation, and maintains their hopes of grasping a semi-final berth.

Laois 1-15 Armagh 1-10

Dublin 1-14 Laois 1-9

For the third time in seven years DCU climbed to the Sigerson Cup winner’s podium on Saturday afternoon at Pearse Stadium.

DCU 2-17 NUI Maynooth 0-7

For the first time since 1976, NUI Maynooth will feature in the Sigerson Cup final as the John Divilly’s outfit ended a luckless run of semi-final defeats at Dangan yesterday.

NUI Maynooth and DCU will contest tomorrow's Sigerson Cup final after semi-final wins at Dangan, Galway this afternoon.

Three of the participants in today’s Sigerson Cup semi-finals have collected titles in the past four years but while silverware has eluded them, NUI Maynooth have still shown remarkable consistency.

NUI Maynooth held off a late challenge from 14-man UCD to forge a deserved victory in last night’sfloodlit Sigerson Cup quarter-final.

MAYBE there was a direct correlation between a lifeless Donegal performance that saw them fall to a second loss in Division One on the same weekend Kevin Cassidy announced his retirement from inter-county football.

Allianz Football League Division 2: Donegal 2-6 Laois 2-9

Justin McNulty may have fielded a new-look Laois side but they still proved the dominant force as they completely overwhelmed a disappointing Wexford side at Wexford Park yesterday.

A strong first half display helped Laois capture the Bord na Mona Shield title for the third time as they beat Wexford 1-15 to 1-6 at Wexford Park.

Wexford and Laois will contest the Bord na Mona O'Byrne Shield final next Sunday in Clongeen, after wins over Wicklow and DIT respectively this afternoon.

DECEMBER football doesn’t enjoy the most enviable of reputations but the Dublin and Laois champions made light of the heavy and Baltic conditions yesterday to deliver one of the best games seen in the last 12 months.

St Brigid's (Dublin) 2-16 Portlaoise (Laois) 1-15 (aet), Parnell Park

PORTLAOISE won a historic fifth Laois SFC title in a row yesterday with a clinical second-half display against Graiguecullen.