Rebel hero McCarthy set to take reins at Laois

FORMER Cork dual star Teddy McCarthy will be named as the new Laois hurling manager in the next week.

McCarthy will succeed Kilkenny’s Brendan Fennelly who called time on his involvement after just one campaign with the midland county in July after Laois shipped 10 goals in an embarrassing 34-point All-Ireland qualifier defeat in Portlaoise.

Fennelly, whose tenure was heavily criticised, spoke about a “terrible lot of disillusionment” after that defeat and yet another season where Laois fielded teams without a number of their best players who preferred to focus on their clubs.