fter last week’s thrilling draw away to Roscommon, the Laois footballers are back in action this evening when they host Armagh in Round 2 of their Allianz Football League Division 2 campaign.
Laois have a good record against Armagh in recent times and will be looking to pick up another positive result in what is a really competitive game.
This evening’s game takes place at the earlier than usual time of 6pm in MW Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.
The Laois team shows one change from the side that drew with Roscommon last Sunday.
Graiguecullen’s Brian Byrne is set to make his first league start at corner-back as he comes in in place of his club-mate Trevor Collins, who has had a busy time of late with Laois and IT Carlow in the Sigerson Cup. Byrne was a second-half sub against Roscommon.
Kieran Lillis is again named at full-forward though he spent most of last week’s game at midfield. The Armagh team hasn’t been named yet.
The Laois team in full is: Niall Corbet (Clonaslee); Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen), Mark Timmons (Graiguecullen), Gearoid Hanrahan (Mountmellick); Sean O’Flynn (Courtwood), Robbie Pigott (Portarlington), Paddy O’Sullivan (Portarlington); John O’Loughlin (Rosenallis), Sean Byrne (Portarlington); Michael Keogh (St Joseph’s), Colm Murphy (Portarlington), Eoin Lowry (Killeshin); Mark Barry (O’Dempsey’s), Kieran Lillis (Portlaoise), Evan O’Carroll (Crettyard)
Laois have won six of their last seven meetings against Armagh in league and championship.
The last time Laois played Armagh in the league was in 2017 in Peter Creedon’s second game in charge and though relegated that year from Division 3, an understrength Laois team recorded a 2-11 to 0-16 win.
Laois also recorded a one-point win – 1-13 to 0-15 – under Mick Lillis in 2016 when they met in Division 2. They also beat Armagh twice in the championship that summer in O’Moore Park, the second game necessary as Laois used too many subs in the first game.
Armagh look to be going well if the evidence of their 2-18 to 1-8 win over Cavan last weekend is anything to go by. Young full-forward Conor Turbitt scored 1-6, 1-5 of it from play.
Kieran McGeeney is in his sixth season in charge and though beaten in the Ulster semi-final after a replay last year by Cavan, they enjoyed a thrilling season, beating Down by a replay in the opening round of the championship, drawing with Cavan and then beating Monaghan and only losing by a point to Mayo in the Qualifiers in Castlebar.
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