Laois captain Stephen Attride suffers double fracture to his skull

“It’s such a hard blow. It was an incredible act of bravery – one of the bravest acts I’ve ever seen – and it stopped a Carlow attack when they were driving on looking for a goal to level the game.”

By Stephen Barry

Laois captain Stephen Attride has suffered a double-fracture to his skull, which will rule him out of the Leinster final and the rest of the season.