The Garden County U21 footballers stunned last year's All-Ireland finalists Laois as they thrashed them in the Cadbury's Leinster U21FC with 14-men. Wicklow 1-11 Laois 0-3 The win was even more worthy when you consider that the Wicklow had midfielder Niall Gaffney sent off after just nine minutes at Portlaoise, at which stage they led by 0-2 to 0-1. They went on to add five points without reply for the remainder of the half as a much vaunted home side were powerless to stop them and the accurate John McGrath pile on the points. A Wicklow goal from Seanie Furlong seven minutes after the restart left Laois' hopes of a comeback floundering, as they managed only two second half points in front of a disapproving home support. Wicklow - B Norman; R Keddy, A McLoughlin, P Higgins; S O'Neill, R Finn, R Nolan; N Gaffney, G Murray; D Fitzgerald, D Hayden, P Byrne 0-2; S Furlong 1-1, J McGrath 0-5, C Walsh 0-2. Subs - S O'Brien for Hayden; M Browne for Byrne; S Metcalfe for Furlong; H Mangan for McGrath. Laois - D Maher; J Murphy, M Delaney, B Meredith; R Ryan, J O'Loughlin, K Smith; C Óg Greene, G Reddin; C Meredith 0-2, Z Tuohy, S O'Leary; S Conroy 0-1, D Flaherty, D Carroll. Subs - J Moore for Flaherty; S Shortall for Ryan; K Delaney for Carroll; A Doran for C Meredith. Ref - B O'Shea (Dublin). Tweet

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