O’Dwyer plays down hype of Laois glory

WHILE they are already favourites for Leinster, with some tipping them for even greater glory, Laois manager Mick O’Dwyer is keeping a lid on the hype that is threatening to envelop his vibrant team again this summer.

Injury woes and patchy league form are O’Dwyer’s chief concerns and he eels that, with their championship opener only three weeks away, there is still a lot of work to be done.

“People say we are lying in the long grass, but we don’t want to be,” O’Dwyer said. “They looked at some of our results in the league and said, sure what do I care about the league. But I want to win every game and some of those results were very poor.