Coulter and Ward strike to keep Down hopes alive

Down 0-12 Laois 0-10

Down won the game with points from team captain Benny Coulter and substitute Shane Ward scored almost ten minutes before the end.

"We gave possession away so easily, we just didn't use the ball properly," said a disappointed Mick O'Dwyer. "The two midfielders from Down caught some mighty ball, they were really outstanding and when you lose midfield in any game you are in trouble. Near the end, I thought we could have got a couple of frees and we had two marvellous chances of goals in the first half."