Laois knock Kildare out Leinster Minor Hurling Championship with second half surge

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final

Laois 4-15

Kildare 2-13

Kildare were knocked out of this year's Leinster Minor Hurling Championship by Laois. The sides were level at the break but two minutes of madness saw Kildare concede three goals between the 42nd and 44th minute. The disastrous spell undid all the previous good work done by the side in a game they were very much in.

It's disappointment Adrian Kinsella and his team but this was a good performance in large parts for Kildare, leaving aside the couple of minutes that did the damage. Plenty to learn from as this group moves forward.

Scorers

Laois, Justin Duggan 2-2, Eoghan Murphy 0-6 (0-3 frees), Caelum O'Brien 1-1, Ben O'Mara 0-4, Cormac Byrne 1-1, Mark Downey 0-1.

Kildare, Tim Ryan 1-3,Tom Power 1-2, Alex Bell 0-3 (0-3 Frees), Michael Owens 0-2, Oran Byrne 0-1, Olan Hynes Kelly 0-1, Dara McGlynn 0-1.

Teams

KILDARE: Fionn Kelly; Paddy Connolly, Sean Walsh, James Bedford; Ben Mulligan, Cian Brody, Dylan Doherty; Tim Ryan, Oran Byrne; Oisin Loughran, Dara McGlynn, Olan Hynes Kelly; Michael Owens, Alex Bell, Tom Power.

Subs: Joe Dunne on for Ben Mulligan (Half-time), Conor Mortimer on for Olan Hynes Kelly (42 minutes), Paul L'Estrange on for Oisin Loughran (52 minutes), Shane Henry on for Paddy Connolly (52 minutes).

LAOIS: Ethan Lafferty;  Oran Gorman, Ryan Peters, Eli Quinn; Patrick O'Callaghan, Evan Cassin, Liam Whelan; Ruadhrí Kavanagh, Jordan Downey; Caelum O'Brien, Cormac Byrne, Ben O'Mara; Mark Downey, Eoghan Murphy, Justin Duggan. 

Subs: Cian Hill on for Liam Whelan (46 minutes), Eoin Bracken on for Caelum O'Brien (46 minutes), Charlie Hand on for Oran Gorman (52 minutes), Shane Connolly on for Justin Duggan (62 minutes).