McGeeney hoping rivals learn from ‘mistakes’

KILDARE manager Kieran McGeeney is hoping that there will be no repeat of the “mistakes” which marred the O’Byrne Cup tie between his own side and Laois when the pair meet again in the NFL this weekend.

Referee Syl Doyle sent off seven players when the Leinster rivals clashed in the pre-season competition back in January – five of them after a single mass brawl that broke out towards the end of the first-half.

Fines of €14,000 and suspensions totalling 28 weeks were dished out by the provincial council in the wake of that game which, like this Saturday’s encounter, was played in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise.