New Laois football manager Justin McNulty is hoping to bring the same kind of success to the O'Moore County as his former Mullaghbawn and Armagh team-mate Kieran McGeeney has brought to Kildare.

McNulty detects a degree of jealously in Laois at what their neighbours have achieved under McGeeney and he is eager to replicate that.

"I think the players are hungry," he said in the Irish Daily Mirror.

"They are hurting because of a lack of success and they're hurt by the success Kildare have had.

"They have a big rivalry with Kildare and would feel they are on a par with them, but haven't got the results. That is a good starting place to build from.

"It's down to them to show the desire. You need to have that burning desire, an ambition to be successful.

"I will be very happy if we have the same success Kildare have had. It is well deserved because they have worked very hard and that is something I'll be emphasizing to the Laois players all the time." Tweet

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