Justin McNulty intends seeing out the third and final year of his current term as Laois football boss.

The 2002 Armagh All-Ireland winner could come under pressure to step down after last Saturday’s heavy Tailteann Cup preliminary quarter-final defeat to Westmeath in Mullingar.

However, he has no intention of doing so, telling reporters afterwards: “It'd be very hard to walk away after a defeat like that and say that's as good as it is. We're all taking stock, the players are hurting, and the backroom team are hurting.

“We all need to think about how we address this and with the county board, and say, can we improve this, and can we come back fighting stronger and more determined to get there again next year.

“The players are hurting, they're hurting hard. It feels like a humiliation for us all, every one of us involved. We don't think we did ourselves justice, but sometimes that happens in sport. They've got to summon that hurt to make sure that they have the desire to improve. I hope that never happens again, and work towards it never happening again like it did today.”

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