Pat Roe was already looking forward to Portarlington’s Leinster club SFC semi-final against Athy after the Laois champions came away from Drogheda with a three-point victory over Naomh Mairtín.

The former Laois, Offaly and Wexford manager declared himself satisfied with his side’s performance which leaves them just 60 minutes away from an historic Leinster final appearance.

“This is exactly where we wanted to be,” he told reporters.

“This is exactly where we thought we'd be. At the start of the year, we talked about it, so here we are. We're two games from winning the Leinster Championship. I watched Athy last night, a very, very good team, very well-organised. It’ll be a huge test for us in Newbridge, but this is where we want to be, and we're happy to be there.”

The Port’ supremo added: “Before the game, I had said to them, ‘look, this is a game with all the processes, all the tactics and strategies. Put that aside; it's about human values, and I taught our human values of unity, hard work, self-belief and determination’. All those human values were on full display there today.”

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