O’Moore Park snub a travesty, rages Mick Lillis after Laois progress

Laois 3-16 Wicklow 0-18: It’s over six months since the Leinster Council decided that Dublin should begin the defence of their provincial crown in Kilkenny, but Laois manager Mick Lillis was still spitting blood about it on Saturday night after his side booked their place on the same bill.

The Dubs will be playing a championship match beyond the walls of Croke Park for the first time in 10 years on June 4 and Lillis, not for the first time since last November, was up front in describing the failure to fix the game for O’Moore Park as a “travesty”.

The Clare native and long-time Portlaoise resident touched on the fanfare that comes with the arrival of the capital side in any town and added the placement of the tie in the “home of hurling” was disrespectful to not just Laois but all counties.