Welcome along to our coverage of tonight’s National Football League action from Portlaoise’s O’Moore Park, where Cork pay a visit to take on Justin McNutly’s men.
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Full-time: Laois 0-10 Cork 2-14
Welcome along, here are the teams:
Laois: E Culliton; C Healy, K Lillis, P O’Leary; D Strong, K Meaney, C Boyle; B Quigley, J O’Loughlin; R Munnelly, C Begley, D O’Connor; P Cahillane, P Clancy, B Sheehan.
Cork: K O’Halloran; R Carey, E O’Mahony, E Cotter; N O’Leary, G Canty, P Kissane; A O’Connor, F Goold; P Kerrigan, M Collins, P Kelly; C O’Neill, D O’Connor, B O’Driscoll.
Laois 0-2 Cork 0-1
We’ve had a few early technical difficulties at TheScore towers so bare with us folks. There have been two early points from the home side but Cork then hit back with a score.
GOAL! Laois 0-3 Cork 1-1 (Colm O’Neill)
Great movement down the left. Colm O’Neill receives the ball and from 10 metres out, strikes into the back of the net.
Cork dominating in the forwards with the Laois backs under immense pressure.
Laois 0-4 Cork 1-5
Ross Munnelly squeezes a point over the crossbar.
Laois full-back line stands strong and a super block from Cahir Healy. Seconds later, goalkeeper Eoin Cullitan pulls off a brilliant save from the fist of Donal O’Connor.
Meanwhile, Tyrone are 0-6 to 0-0 against Westmeath in Healy Park. Tyrone have kicked another seven wides in the one-sided affair.
Laois 0-4 Cork 1-7
Colm O’Neill and midfielder Fintan Goold send another two points over to give Cork a six-point lead.
Laois 0-5 Cork 1-8
Ross Munnelly has got himself another score to keep the O’Moore men in the game with 28 minutes gone.
GOAL! Laois 0-5 Cork 2-10 (Aidan Walsh)
Aidan Walsh furthers Cork’s lead. Then he lays Colm O’Neill in as the Laois backline goes missing. Half-time is seconds away.
Half-time: Laois 0-5 Cork 2-11
Aidan Walsh and Kieran Lillis. Credit: ©INPHO/Cathal Noonan
He’s got a job on his hands alright…
Second half gets underway and the first piece of action is a wide ball from O’Neill.
Laois 0-6 Cork 1-11
Cormac Reilly is blatantly taken out by Pearse O’Neill, who receives his marching orders after receiving a second yellow man. Cork now down to 14 men.
Michael John Tierney steps up and sticks the ball over the bar.
Laois 0-7 Cork 2-11
Begley gives Laois the second of the half as they attempt to claw back the deficit.
Laois 0-8 Cork 2-12
Laois making good use of the extra man and playing short balls around the forwards. After Cork get a point back through Eoin Cotter, John O’Loughlin cancels it out.
Tyrone leading 2-8 to 0-4 at Healy Park. Westmeath have just scored their fourth point with 20 minutes remaining.
Laois 0-9 Cork 2-12
Tierney pops over. Laois have put in a reasonable performance so far in this second half.
Laois 0-9 Cork 2-14
Aidan Walsh gets another and Cork show they can still compete while playing with a man down by holding onto the ball for a lengthy period. This time however, the end product isn’t there and the ball goes wide.
Laois 0-10 Cork 2-14
Tierney scores from a free to put a ten point gap between the sides with one minute of additional time to be played here.
Full-time: Laois 0-10 Cork 2-14
Tyrone have beaten Westmeath 2-11 to 0-8 to record their fourth win on the bounce. Mickey Harte’s side, who raced into an early 0-6 lead and were 1-6 0-2 up at half-time, were good value for their win.
