Laois 4-18
Wexford 1-19

Laois have set up a Walsh Cup semi-final meeting with Dublin after a PJ Scully hat-trick of goals helped them to an impressive victory over Wexford in Abbeyleix.

Building on their comfortable first round win over UCD, Seamus 'Cheddar' Plunkett's charges led by 2-10 to 1-10 at half-time thanks to goals from Scully and Stephen 'Picky' Maher after Kevin Foley's early major had given the visitors a 1-3 to 0-5 lead.

The Slaneysiders levelled the scoring at 1-15 to 2-12 in the third quarter, but Scully's second green flag put the hosts in the driving seat again. Johnny Purcell and Maher tagged on points before Scully made it 4-16 to 1-16 to complete his hat-trick.

Laois' performance bodes well for their Allianz League Division 1B campaign which starts with a local derby against Offaly in three weeks' time.

Laois - E Rowland; J A Delaney, C Healy, C Dunne; J Fitzpatrick, M Whelan (0-2f), C Stapleton; J Campion (0-1), J Walsh; W Hyland (0-4), T Fitzgerald, S Maher (1-6, 0-5f); B Conroy (0-1), PJ Scully (3-1), N Foyle (0-2). Subs: T Delaney for J Walsh, D Palmer for C Stapleton, J Purcell (0-1) for B Conroy, B Reddin for T Fitzgerald, B Stapleton for N Foyle.

Wexford - M Fanning; A Kenny, T Waters, E Moore; R Kehoe, P Foley, C Kenny; B Barron (0-2), G Sinnott; J Kelly (0-4), D Waters (0-1), I Byrne (0-3); C O'Shaughnessy (0-1), S Tompkins (0-3), K Foley (1-1). Subs: P Doran for C O'Shaughnessy, P Morris (0-4f) for R Kehoe, D Redmond for B Barron, W Devereux for G Sinnott, S O'Gorman for C Kenny.

Referee - P Burke.

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