Davis ensures final tango in Paris for Leinster
At the death, the crescendo came courtesy of Longford's Pádraic Davis, who rose from the bench six minutes earlier to fire the winner.
Viva la France, roared Meath's Evan Kelly as he shoved open the Leinster dressing room door afterwards in reference to the inter-provincial final's Parisian destination in two weeks' time. The Railway Cup has always mattered to the players and the French cherry on top meant that this clash would be no leisurely stroll around the park. That was clearly evident from the first minute when Laois' Tom Kelly thundered into Johnny McCarthy with the kind of bone-jarring shoulder charge that makes you wince. Kelly came off the worse for it, but the tone was set all the same.
