Laois 1-24

DIT 2-13



The college side made life difficult for Laois early on but once the home side hit their stride in the second half, DIT had no response, with Willie Hyland and John Rowney getting some important scores.

Niall Rigney fielded a much changed side, with some of the newly introduced players taking their chance with impressive displays, in particular John Purcell, John Prior and Eoin Reilly.

The win here sees Laois set up a semi-final clash with All-Ireland champions Kilkenny next weekend.



Scorers: Laois: John Rowney 1-5, Willie Hyland, John Purcell 0-4, Brian Campion (one free, two 65's), John Brophy (one free) 0-3 each, JJ McHugh, Brian Dunne, Jimmy Dunne, Dayne Peacock, Eoin Costelloe 0-1 each
DIT: Declan O'Dwyer 2-2, David Treacy 0-4 (three frees), Sean Bourke 0-3 (one free), Robert Butler, Neil Kelly, Peter Kelly, Thomas Moloney 0-1 each

LAOIS: P Carroll; J Prior, D Maher, B Campion; C Dunne, JJ McHugh, J A Delaney; C Delaney, M McEvoy; B Dunne, O Houlihan, J Dunne; J Brophy, J Rowney, J Purcell. Subs: W Hyland for J Dunne (40 mins), E Costelloe for Houlihan (40 mins), E Reilly for Carroll (40 mins), D Peacock for Purcell (55 mins), M Whelan for McHugh (55 mins)

DIT: C Brennan; C O'Shaughnessy, S O'Connell, S O'Hara; M Weldon, J Walsh, P Whelan; F Cullen, S Bourke; D Treacy, R Butler, P Morris; N Kelly, D O'Dwyer, T Moloney. Subs: P Lynch for Walsh (18 mins – inj), K Campion for Cullen (half time), E Costelloe for O'Shaughnessy (half time), P Kelly for Morris (49 mins)

Referee: Pat Murphy (Carlow)