Laois aims to extend its long unbeaten GAA record over Offaly

Roy Malone, Offaly, is tackled by Laois players Aidan Fennelly, Colm Byrne in the Leinster Senior Football Championship O'Moore Park in Portlaoise in 2003. Pic: Sportfileplaceholder image
Roy Malone, Offaly, is tackled by Laois players Aidan Fennelly, Colm Byrne in the Leinster Senior Football Championship O'Moore Park in Portlaoise in 2003. Pic: Sportfile

Leinster Championship GAA

Laois will aim to extend an unbeaten run against Offaly in the GAA Gaelic Football Championship that dates back to the year Laois last won Leinster.

The neighbours met in last year’s Tailteann Cup in a game that finished level. They last met in the All-Ireland championship in

2019.

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

  • 2024: Laois 1-11 Offaly 1-11 (Tailteann Cup)
  • 2019: Laois 0-20 Offaly 0-15 (All-Ireland qualifier)
  • 2006: Laois 1-9 Offaly 0-4 (All-Ireland qualifier)
  • 2005: Laois 1-10 Offaly 1-8 (Leinster quarter-final)
  • 2003: Laois 2-10 Offaly 0-13 (Leinster quarter-final replay)

Laois has form going into game taking the Division 4 title this year. They won seven and losing one game.

Offaly finished sixth in Division 3, winning two, drawing one and losing four. 

The winners will play Dublin or Meath in the Leinster semi-final on April 28.

Laois won the Leinster Championship in 2003 while Offaly claimed the Jack Delaney Cup in 1997.

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