Waterford came away from O’Moore Park today with a comfortable 16-point Allianz HL Division 1B success over Laois under their belts.

The scoreboard read Waterford 4-22, Laois 1-15 at the final whistle.

A brace of goals from Patrick Curran and Thomas Ryan and 0-12 from Stephen Bennett were the highlights of a commanding performance by Paraic Fanning’s side.

The game was effectively over as a contest at the halfway stage with the Deise ahead by 2-12 to 0-5.

Eddie Brennan’s Laois were forced to play most of the second-half with 14-men after substitute Lee Cleere was issued with his marching orders following an off-the-ball incident while Mark Kavanagh netted a late consolation goal for the home side.

Waterford - B Nolan; S McNulty, C Prunty, N Connors; M O’Brien (0-1), T De Burca, J Henley; K Moran, S Roche; DJ Foran (0-1), M Kearney (0-3), J Prendergast; T Ryan (2-1), S Bennett (0-12, 7f, 1'65), P Curran (2-2). Subs; C Dunford (0-1) for M Kearney, M Walsh for T De Burca, B Power for J Prendergast, M Shanahan (0-1) for DJ Foran.

Laois - E Rowland; J Phelan, M Whelan, J Kelly (0-2); C Phelan, R Mullaney (0-1), S Downey (0-1); D Hartnett, PJ Scully (0-1f); A Dunphy, E Lyons, P Purcell; J Lennon, N Foyle (0-1), M Kavanagh (1-8, 0-8f). Subs: C Dwyer for PJ Scully, L Cleere for C Phelan, W Dunphy (0-1) for C Dwyer, S Maher for N Foyle, P Delaney for S Downey.

Referee - C Cunning.

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