Carlow boss Jim Greene admitted after his side's dramatic Christy Ring Cup triumph on Sunday that he would be looking to get his side's promotion play-ff with Laois deferred to a later date. The Barrowsiders are set to face Laois this Saturday, August 9, to decide who will be playing in next year's All-Ireland SHC, but Greene believes that asking his side to play their sixth game in a month in a half is a bit much. "The plan now is to try and get out of the Laois match because I don't think it's realistic or fair to ask men to do six weeks in-a-row like these men have done," said Green. "Any committee or body who would insist on that are wrong. These men deserve a rest. "I'm going to ask the county board to request a postponement and if we don't get that we'll go on and we'll beat Laois. I think these lads deserve a rest at this stage. And we deserve a rest. "We've been north, south, east and west in Newry, Tralee, Castlebar and Tullamore, I think we need one." Tweet

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