Laois secure first league win

Dublin 1-10 Laois 2-13

Paudie Butler's Laois won the battle of the fellow NHL Division 1A strugglers at a sun-kissed Parnell Park this afternoon, raising green flags in either half.

Rob Jones bagged their opener - striking home past Dublin's Gary Maguire - from a Damien Culleton set-up as the midlanders garnered a 1-07 to 0-06 lead at the break.

David Curtin did take his league tally to 0-23 for the Dubs - with a well-hit seven points, but Laois' James Young almost matched him with five.

The visitors' Liam Tynan bagged a second goal in the closing stages to confirm a deserved first league win of the 2005 campaign for Butler's charges.

With Thomas McGrane having opted out of the Dublin squad earlier in the week, this defeat - their fourth - only serves to quicken their impending relegation.