Goals prove key as Portlaoise crowned Division 2 hurling champions leinsterexpress.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from leinsterexpress.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Warm favourites for the Premier Intermediate hurling championship this season, Abbeyleix, had cruised through the group stages of this competition and straight .
Portlaoise and Ballyfin met in the Senior football championship last season in a hotly contested affair, but this time it was their hurling counterparts who fac.