Colm Basquel makes his mark for Dublin U21s

Dublin 2-17 Laois 2-5: Dessie Farrell hailed Colm Basquel’s commitment and admitted the Ballyboden attacker’s strong vein of form has left him with a selection headache for the EirGrid Leinster U21 final.

Basquel came off the bench at Parnell Park and fired 1-3 less than 48 hours after an equally important 1-1 in the AIB All-Ireland club final victory over Castlebar Mitchels.

Dublin won by a dozen points on Saturday but there was only three in it when Basquel came on and his 39th minute goal doubled their advantage and eased the hosts home. Shane Clayton, another ‘Boden star, also came on and helped secure a win that sets up a March 30 Leinster final tie against Kildare.