Laois see off Derry in qualifier

SATURDAY, 6 AUGUST

Croke Park (1400 BST)

Full-time: DERRY 0-11 1-11 LAOIS

Minute-by-minute action from

Saturday's Bank of Ireland All-Ireland fourth round qualifier from Croke Park.

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Full-time: Derry 0-11 1-11 Laois

69 mins: Derry 0-11 1-11 Laois Garvan rifles over his second point as Laois finish on a high.

66 mins: Derry 0-11 1-10 Laois Paddy Bradley lofts over a point from a close-range free to give Derry a glimmer of hope.

63 mins: Derry 0-10 1-10 Laois Munnelly lifts over his fourth point as Laois turn the screw.

60 mins: Derry 0-10 1-09 Laois Sheehan carves out space for Donal Brennan to give Laois a two-point cushion.

59 mins: Derry 0-10 1-08 Laois Munnelly puts Laois into the lead again with a 30-metre free in front of the posts.

56 mins: Derry 0-10 1-07 Laois Sheehan wins the ball 30 metres out and instinctively points with superb kick on the turn.

52 mins: Derry 0-10 1-06 Laois Mark Lynch lofts over his first score of the game to give Derry the lead again.

50 mins: Derry 0-09 1-06 Laois Game is level again as Patsy Bradley is left unmarked to point.

49 mins: Derry 0-08 1-06 Laois Laois go back into the lead for the first time since the 17th minute when Gary Kavanagh rifles over a point.

43 mins: Derry 0-08 1-05 Laois The game is all-square again when Stephen Kelly points after taking a pass from his brother Tom.

42 mins: Derry 0-08 1-04 Laois Laois come right back against the run of play when Billy Sheehan palms the ball into the net from a Noel Garvan cross.

Half-time: Derry 0-08 0-04 Laois

34 mins: Derry 0-08 0-04 Laois Padraig Clancy gets the first Laois point since the 17th minute.

34 mins: Derry 0-08 0-03 Laois Bradley makes it a five-point lead with a well-worked move with Muldoon from a free.

31 mins: Derry 0-07 0-03 Laois Derry continue to run the show and Paddy Bradley edges them further ahead in the run-up to half-time.

30 mins: Derry 0-06 0-03 Laois A good build-up allows Murphy to rattle over his second point.

26 mins: Derry 0-05 0-03 Laois Johnny McBride stretches Derry's lead with his first point of the game.

25 mins: Derry 0-04 0-03 Laois Padraic Kelly gives Derry the lead in the game for the first time when he drifted over a point from the left touchline.

22 mins: Derry 0-03 0-03 Laois Paul Murphy collects a loose ball and levels the game with a left-footed shot.

17 mins: Derry 0-02 0-03 Laois A brilliantly-constructed move sees Munnelly fire over the first point in the game for seven minutes.

10 mins: Derry 0-02 0-02 Laois Paddy Bradley gets his first point of the game with lofted shot from the right.

6 mins: Derry 0-01 0-02 Laois A great point from Ross Munnelly after he bursts clear of the Derry defence and fists the ball over the bar.

4 mins: Derry 0-01 0-01 Laois Enda Muldoon levels the game with a free from wide out on the left.

2 mins: Derry 0-00 0-01 Laois Tom Kelly gets the ball rolling for Laois with the first point of the game from 45 metres out.

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Derry: B Gillis; K McGuckin, K McCloy, G O'Kane; F McEldowney, SM Lockhart, P Kelly; Patsy Bradley, F Doherty, P Murphy; E Bradley, J McBride; M Lynch, Paddy Bradley (capt), E Muldoon.

Laois: F Byron; A Fennelly, D Rooney, J Higgins; C Begley, T Kelly, P McMahon; P Clancy, N Garvan; R Munnelly, K Fitzpatrick, B Sheehan; D Brennan, S Cooke, C Conway.

Referee: P Russell (Tipperary).