Laois are this year's Cadbury's Leinster Under 21 football champions after seeing off the challenge of Offaly by 0-13 to 1-7 in a fascinating final at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise. The defending champions laid the foundation for their win by careering into a 0-6 to 1-1 lead with points from David Conway and Donal Brennan helping to counter a 26th minute goal by Sean Ryan for Offaly. Laois finished the half strongly too with a Craig Rogers gem helping to give the homesters that bit of a leeway at the interval. Offaly improved in the second half and points from Thomas Coughlan, Ken Casey and Stephen Lonergan helped leave just one point between the sides entering the final quarter. However Laois managed to keep their distance for the remainder of the match with a fifth point from MJ Tierney late on helping to hand them their eighth title. Tweet

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