Mayo triumph over Laois

Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC quarter-final replay:

Mayo 0-14 Laois 0-11, Croke Park

Mayo choked the life out of Laois as the Connacht champions won today's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final replay.

Conor Mortimer (0-5) led the scoring at Croke Park as Ronan McGarrity and Pat Harte’s sheer work rate set up a last-four clash with Dublin next Sunday.

Laois had to wait 16 minutes before 'Beano' McDonald banged over their first point – they trailed by 0-7 to 0-4 at half time with Mortimer pointing three times.

The midlanders cut the gap to two points by the 52nd-minute – Ross Munnelly chalked up 0-5 but a goal eluded them – Noel Garvan's fisted effort was inches wide.

MAYO – D Clarke; D Geraghty, D Heaney, K Higgins; A Higgins (0-2), J Nallen, P Gardiner; R McGarrity (0-1), P Harte; BJ Padden (0-1), G Brady (0-1), C McDonald (0-1); A Dillon (0-2 (0-1f), C Mortimer (0-5 (0-3f)), M Conroy.

Subs used: P Kelly for Heaney (23-27 mins, 67-70, blood sub), A Kilcoyne (0-1) for Padden (28), K O’Neill for Conroy (29), B Regan for O’Neill (44), A Moran for Brady (57)

LAOIS – F Byron; A Fennelly, D Rooney, J Higgins; P O'Leary, T Kelly, P McMahon; P Clancy (0-1), B Quigley; R Munnelly (0-5 (0-4f)), C Conway (0-2 (0-2f)), B McCormack; B McDonald (0-2), N Garvan, B Sheehan.

Subs used: D Brennan (0-1) for McCormack (27 mins), I Fitzgerald for Quigley (51), G Kavanagh for Sheehan (54), P Lawlor for McDonald (63)

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)