Portarlington claim sweetest success in demolition of Portlaoise

Portlaoise have set the standard in Laois for not just years but decades though they were well and truly dismantled by a Portarlington side who appear to have it all

O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, Co Laois. File photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Laois SFC final: Portarlington 4-9 Portlaoise 0-6 

The use of substitutes tells you all you need to know about the Laois SFC final, an outgunned Portlaoise chasing inspiration and running all of theirs in by the 50th minute, precisely when Portarlington began to unload theirs to soak up the carnival atmosphere.