LeinsterSHC

LONDON v LAOIS, Ruislip, 12.30pm Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow) THE stakes are too high for Laois to slip up. A place in the quarter-finals beckons for Seamus Plunkett’s team. laois: E Reilly; JA Delany, B Campion, B Stapleton; J Fitzpatrick, M Whelan, D Palmer; C Dunne, P Whelan; J Purcell, W Hyland, S Maher; N Foyle, R King, T Fitzgerald. london: TBA.

VERDICT: Laois CARLOW v WESTMEATH, Dr Cullen Park, 2pm Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary) The dead end of the round-robin group – bar the unedifying prospect of a relegation play-off to the Christy Ring Cup – does little for the development of the game. carlow: TBA westmeath: TBA

VERDICT: Carlow