Beware Laois’s forgotten men, warns Plunkett

They’re the forgotten team in the forgotten game this weekend, Clare versus Laois in the ‘other’ All-Ireland qualifier, but, says Laois manager Seamus Plunkett, they’re not the only ones.

“The forgotten game? Yes, and what’s even more amazing, there’s a Leinster hurling final on Sunday and that seems to have been forgotten too, all the coverage this week is of Kilkenny/Tipperary. Our own game seems to have been pushed off the agenda altogether. Whether that’s because people see Clare as absolute odds-on winners or what, I don’t know.”

Strange that, given that people assumed the same thing when Laois met Galway in the Leinster semi-final, then pushed them to the limit, conceding only in the last 10 minutes. “That’s true but I can see where people are coming from.