Take a trip back to 2008 and 2009 when the Laois GAA senior football team took on Down in successive Gaelic Football All-Ireland Championship qualifying games in Portlaoise and Newry. Laois came out on the wrong side of both games with the 2008 match noted as a feisty affair, while the 2009 game was played in a downpour.
9. Laois manager Sean Dempsey.
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10. Craig Rogers in Pairc Esler, Newry.
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11. Neil Donogher, Laois, in action against Ambrose Rodgers, Down.
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12. Benny Coulter, Down, in action against Cathal Ryan,
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