Laois bully Tyrone into submission

LESS than 10,000 people braved the wintry wind and rain to make their way to O’Moore Park on Saturday but the number who will claim to have been there will probably double or triple in the years to come.

The magnitude of this win simply can’t be underestimated for, make no mistake, this was Laois’ equivalent of Munster’s defeat of the All Blacks or Ireland’s conquering of the English in Stuttgart.

The talk all week had been about the end of an era — Mick O’Dwyer’s era.