LIVE BLOG: Follow all the action from the final Round 2 SFC games and the next round draws

After the drama of the last three days, the action continues in the Laois SFC in O’Moore Park this evening with two more games down for decision.

The last two are in the winners section – so unlike the games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the losers of these fixtures aren’t knocked out.

Instead the losers go to Round 3 with the winners automatically qualifying for the quarter-finals.

Earlier today, Portarlington and Ballyroan-Abbey became the first two teams into the quarter finals – and two more will join them tonight.

The action resumes at 5.30pm as O’Dempsey’s take on Rosenallis.

O’Dempsey’s were 2-18 to 0-14 winners over Emo in the opening round while Rosenallis beat Ballylinan 3-13 to 2-11.

The Killenard men, who are under former Ballyroan-Abbey player and Laois selector Eoin Kearns, looked very impressive against Emo.

Matthew Finlay and Mark Barry were excellent in attack while Shane Nerney, Peter O’Leary, Robbie Kehoe and Fionn Holland were all brilliant defensively.

As usual, Rosenallis are battling on two fronts and for most of their players this will be their fourth weekend in a row to be in championship action.

A first quarter-final appearance might be too much and O’Dempsey’s have to be fancied.

Then at 7pm, old rivals Stradbally and Graiguecullen bring the football weekend to a close.

Stradbally come into this game on the back of their first opening round win since 2016 after they finished strongly to record a big 14-point win over Arles-Killeen.

Graigue, for their part, were comfortable winners over The Heath as they bounced back from their 2020 county final loss to Port only three weeks earlier.

After the games, we will bring you the latest draws for the SFC and IFC.

We will have a Round 3 and relegation semi final draw in the SFC and a quarter final draw in the IFC.

Follow all the action as it happens below:

SEE ALSO – Check out all of Saturday’s Laois GAA club coverage here

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