Armagh 0-13 Laois 0-12:STEVEN McDONNELL rolled back the years at Portlaoise on Saturday night as Armagh denied the home team their second win. After Laois led 0-3 to 0-2 on 15 minutes they were handed the initiative when Armagh substitute Vincent Martin was red-carded following an incident with Laois's Kevin Meaney, within three minutes replacing Kevin Dyas.
By half-time Armagh led 0-9 to 0-5 after producing a powerful second quarter.
Meaney was sent off early in the second half and in the closing 10 minutes a point by Laois’s Mark Timmons levelled matters but in injury time Ryan Henderson sealed the win for the visitors.
ARMAGH: P McEvoy; A Mallon, B Donaghy, P Duffy; K Dyas, C McKeever, F Moriarity; J Lavery (0-1), K Toner; M Macklin (0-1), A Kernan (0-1), J Feeney; R Henderson (0-3), R Clarke, S McDonnell (0-7); Subs: V Martin for Dyas, R Mallon for Clarke, R Austin for Lavery, M McNamee for Macklin.
LAOIS: M Dowling; J Scully, M Timmons (0-1), P McMahon; D Strong (0-1), C Healy (0-1), C Begley (0-1); B Quigley, C Óg Greene; B Sheehan (0-1), P O’Leary (0-1), K Meaney; M J Tierney (0-3). P Lawlor (0-1), N Donogher. Subs: D Kingston (0-2) for P Lawlor, C Rogers for Donoher, D Rooney for Greene.
Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare).
