Enda McEvoy: Off-Broadway, Laois and Antrim bid for spotlight and ovations

Laois and Antrim take to the boards on Saturday and if the bill of fare is nothing more exotic than provincial quarter-final action they’re not complaining about that

Laois manager Seamus Plunkett talks to his team. Picture: INPHO/Brian Reilly-Troy

Were it not for John Leahy and his haul of 1-4, one of the papers declared next day, Laois would have beaten Tipperary in the 1996 National League semi-final at Nowlan Park instead of losing by two points (1-13 to 1-11).

It was that close. Laois were that good.