Portarlington ease past Old Leighlin in Leinster opener

Old Leighlin 0-06 Portarlington 1-12 It's a decade since a Laois club contested an AIB Leinster club SFC final but perhaps Portarlington will amend that stat after their provincial campaign started with a dominant win over Carlow hosts Old Leighlin. Pat Roe's side didn't produce a whole pile of scores for the highlights reel but did offer a powerful collective display that eased them through to a quarter-final with Louth champions Naomh Máirtín. Colm Murphy's four-point haul, and 1-02 from Rioghan Murphy, was enough to propel the back-to-back Laois champions through to a November 16 clash with the Wee County representatives. Just like this encounter, that will be a testing away trip for a...