Teddy McCarthy has warned that 2012 could be a transition year for Laois' hurlers.

As the O'Moore County prepare for their first competitive outing under the new regime, the Rebel County legend concedes in the Examiner that this year will be all about learning and that it could be 2013 before we see the best of Laois:

"You can play all the challenge games you want, but they won't have the same impact as a competitive game. It's only when we play DIT will we know where we are.

"The whole idea is to be competitive and get them to that standard. We'll find out a lot about the players but we only started in the first week of the month and we're only finding our feet at the moment.

"We've had a few trimmings but I've told the players they've all been down to fitness which would be on the bottom rung of the ladder...

"The county gave me a three-year term which might sound like a lot but it's to be reviewed at the end of every year.

"It gives a bit of continuity to the whole thing which is positive for me and the players too because the first year is a fact-finding mission.

"Hopefully, we'll hit the ground running in 2013." Tweet

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