Who scored and who played in Laois' defeat to Clare in Portlaoise

Laois unfortunately lost out to Clare in Round 6 of Division 3 in the Allianz Football Leagues. They had looked like they would be in with a chance of promotion next weekend when they led by six at the break but Clare out-scored them 1-15 to 0-8 in the second-half.

Here’s who played and scored in Saturday evening’s contest in Portlaoise.

Scorers — Laois: Mark Barry 0-8 (0-4 frees), Ronan Coffey 1-0, Killian Roche 0-4 (2 two-pointer frees), Conor Heffernan 0-3 (1 two-pointer), Niall Corbet 0-2, Kevin Swayne, Brian Byrne, Damon Larkin and Josh Hogan 0-1 each. Clare: Emmet McMahon 0-7 (0-3 frees), Aaron Griffin 1-4, Alan Sweeney 1-0, Eoin Cleary and Mark McInerney (0-2 45's) 0-3 each, Ciaran Downes 0-2, Ikem Ugweuru, Brian McNamara and Darragh Burns 0-1 each

LAOIS: Killian Roche (Killesin); Simon Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska), Seamus Lacey (Ballylinan), Trevor Collins (Graiguecullen); Pa Kirwan (Emo), Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen), Ben Dempsey (Portlaoise); Conor Heffernan (Killeshin), Damon Larkin (Portlaoise); Ronan Coffey (Portarlington), Niall Corbet (Clonaslee St Manman's), Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise); Mark Barry (O'Dempsey's), Daniel O'Reilly (Graiguecullen), Josh Hogan (Portlaoise). Subs: Benny Carroll (Portlaoise) for O'Reilly (51 mins), Paddy O'Sullivan (Portarlington) for Larkin (62 mins), Shaun Fitzpatrick (Ballyroan-Abbey) for Hogan (66 mins), Cathal Lee (Clonaslee St Manman's) for Corbet (69 mins)

CLARE: Eamon Tubridy; Cillian Rouine, Cillian Brennan, Manus Doherty; Ikem Ugweuru, Fionn Kelleher, Alan Sweeney; Conor Meaney, Brain McNamara; Ciaran Downes, Eoin Cleary, Keelan Sexton; Mark McInerney, Emmet McMahon, Aaron Griffin. Subs: Dermot Coughlan for Meaney (HT), Daniel Walsh for McMahon (Blood: 46 mins), Emmet McMahon for Downes (53 mins), Darragh Burns for Sexton (57 mins), Ronan Lanigan for Kelleher (66 mins), Shane Griffin for Sweeney (69 mins)

Referee: David Murnane (Cork)