All-Irelands are completed and County Final season begins.
Clough-Ballacolla came from 6 pts. down early in the second half to claim their 3rd Laois senior hurling title in 7 years. Stephen Maher was the star of the show scoring 12 pts. ten from placed balls, striking the sliotar with great accuracy from all angles. Zane Keenan will feel particularly disappointing having scored 1-09 and still ended up on the loosing team. Laois hurling has been on the up in recent years and this was a high quality County Final, showing that hurling is in a good state in Laois.
Meanwhile, Ballycran defeated their old rivals Ballygalget in the Down final. They, like their Laois counterparts, came from 5 pts. down to win by 2, scoring 1-04 without reply in the last 10 mins. 7 pts. from Scott Nicholson lead the way for Ballycran.