Portlaoise sharpshooter Paul Cahillane experienced the thrill of Leinster Club SFC glory in 2009 but there has been nothing other than hard luck stories since then.

The nine-in-a-row Laois champions have suffered defeats to St Vincent's (twice), Ballymun, St Brigid's and Kilmacud Crokes in the last five provincial campaigns but Malachy McNulty's charges will be hoping to set the record straight this Sunday when they take on Ballyboden St Enda's.

"After winning in 2009, we played Kilmurry-Ibrickane in the All-Ireland semi-final, lost a man after 20 seconds, then lost another man five minutes into the second half. So it was all uphill after that," recalled the 26-year-old former Celtic youth footballer when speaking to The Irish Times.

"That's one regret. We'd also have regrets about the (2012) Leinster final against Ballymun, because I don't think we performed anywhere near as well as we could have. 

"The following year, against Vincent's, we played well and they played well and the better team won on the day. But those games would be the biggest regrets over the years.

"Are we going to do it again on Sunday? I don't know. But I don't need to tell you what it would mean to me." 

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