Laois 2-10 Kerry 2-9:Women's Football NFL final: Laois snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the Suburu Ladies NFL league final at Cusack Park, Ennis yesterday.

Kerry were leading 2-9 to 2-7 but Laois's Tracey Lawlor and Mary Kehoe levelled matters when injury-time seemed to have elapsed. Then Geraldine O'Shea contested a 50-50 ball with Laois's Patricia Fogarty and the referee harshly penalised O'Shea. This allowed Sue Ramsbottom to fire over the winning point.

The sides were tied 0-6 to 1-3 at the interval, with Laois's goal coming through Martha Kirwan.

Kerry fought back in the second-half and Patrice Dennehy gave them the lead with a goal but Laois moved a goal clear after Mary Kirwan found the net.

Kerry reclaimed the lead following a Sari Delaney goal and should really have put the midlanders away when O'Shea was fouled in the box, but she drove the resulting penalty wide.

LAOIS: B Deegan; S Cuddy, P Fogarty, M Phelan; L Buggy, A Casey, G Dunne; M Casey, K O'Reilly (0-1); T Lawlor (0-3), S Ramsbottom (0-2), L Brennan; M Kehoe (0-1), Mary Kirwan (1-3), Martha Kirwan (1-0). Subs: G Weston for S Cuddy; A O'Loughlin for Martha Kirwan; A Connolly for L Brennan.

KERRY: A O'Donoghue; G Ni Flaharta, K Gleeson, J Murnane; R Ni Cinneide, S O'Connor (0-1), L Ross; E O'Connell, C Kelly; K Kennelly, P Dennehy (1-0), M Finnegan; S Delaney (1-1), G O'Shea (0-3), K O'Driscoll (0-4). Subs: G O'Malley for R Ni Cinneide; C Sexton for L Ross; A M O'Shea for G O'Malley; D Dennehy for E O'Connell; D Corridan for M Finnegan.

Referee: E O'Hare (Down).