Laois inflict a first championship win over their neighbours since 2005 to reach the Tailteann Cup semi-finals
The joy among the Laois contingent as they congregated in the centre of the Tullamore pitch after the final whistle was in stark contrast to the emotions in the Kildare camp and after speaking to his players in the dressing room, Glenn Ryan confirmed that he had stepped down as Kildare manager, bringing his three year tenure to an end.
They were 0-3 to 0-2 ahead when James Kelly was allowed to waltz through the Kildare defence in the 19th minute but just before he shot he was tripped from behind by Shea Ryan, resulting in a penalty and a black card to the culprit.
But back to their full complement of players, Kildare struggled again and Laois scored the last two points after the half-time break, and the first four after the restart. Laois could have got another goal a minute later but in a goalmouth scramble, centre back Brian Byrne made a superb save to tip a Paul Kingston shot around the post. Goalkeeper Killian Roche, who had earlier kicked an incredible free from 65 metres, had no problem in pointing the 45.
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