Clare a work in progress despite win, says Donal Óg Cusack

Clare 1-21 Laois 0-16: Clare are underwhelming on performance but delivering the results.

For the third consecutive league tie, Clare played within themselves, to grind out a win and protect their winning start to 2016, which now extends to seven games.

However, despite leading from start to finish and never really looking like letting the points slip, the Banner County definitely made harder work of it than was entirely necessary as a transitional Laois side created an abundance of scoring chances that they ultimately failed to take on home soil on Saturday evening.