Second-half revival earns Laois a crack at Wexford

Laois 4-14 Dublin 0-14

Little over 1,000 diehards decided Laois and Dublin were worth their undivided attention in Kilkenny yesterday for a game that was all-but over as a contest with over 20 minutes still to play.

Dublin arrived in the Marble City with a 10-game losing streak stretching back to last June following them like a bad smell, and with over half a team of what could conceivably have been first-choice players finding alternative means of spending their Sundays back in the capital.