Having secured their first-ever Connacht SFC win at Leitrim’s expense last year, New York are now hoping to make a similar breakthrough in the Tailteann Cup.

The Exiles make the long trip to Portlaoise on Sunday to face Laois in a preliminary quarter-final, all of nine weeks since their last competitive game against Mayo in the Connacht SFC.

“We see the Tailteann Cup as a great opportunity to go to Ireland and try to get a win and continue the season. We're definitely extremely excited by the opportunity,” New York captain Jamie Boyle told gaa.ie

“Last year we became the first New York team to beat a team from Ireland in the Championship. Now this year we want to be the first New York team to win over in Ireland. That's the next goal for us.”

He added: “Mayo are obviously one of the best teams in Ireland so we always knew it was going to be a huge challenge. We definitely learned a lot from it. There are areas we've identified after watching back the game a number of times that we know we need to work on.”

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