Laois to focus on the job in hand as youth gets its fling against Offaly

DAMNED if they do, damned if they don’t.

For Laois and Offaly, Sunday’s Leinster SHC opener in Tullamore is a must-win game but the reward for the victors is the dubious honour of a semi-final against All-Ireland champions, Kilkenny.

The timing of that tie will be apt, coming almost two years to the day after the reigning All-Ireland champions inflicted a 31-point points defeat on the Faithful County.