Scoring 8-16 in a facile 22-point win over Laois didn’t quite reach the threshold of a perfect performance for Down.
It is perhaps a sign of the high standards set by Conor Laverty and his management team that they were annoyed at conceding 2-12 against the O’Moore County in their Tailteann Cup semi-final.
Laverty’s Kilcoo clubmate Ceilum Doherty chipped in with two points from centre-back and can be absolved of blame for the two Laois goals as he took a bang to the head and was replaced as a precaution.
