Like old times as Laois awaken to put pride back in the jersey

It was like old times in the Portlaoise yesterday, going back to the ’80s when Laois were challenging Offaly, and challenging everyone else too. In those days the only prisoners taken were down the road, in Portlaoise jail.

Yesterday Laois were back to that sort of attitude again and it was great to see.

Funny enough, on my out of the ground, I met one of the great players of that era , Pat Critchley, in the company of another great Laois player, Niall Rigney. Both wore huge smiles and you could understand why. Yes they lost yesterday but pride is back in Laois hurling.