Hurling round up: Laois, Tyrone, Sligo and Warwickshire through to Allianz Hurling League finals

Laois are through to the Allianz Hurling League Division 2A final following a 1-24 to 0-13 victory over Down at Laois Hire O'Moore Park.

Paddy Purcell netted for the midlanders and Aaron Dunphy fired over 0-07 to set up a date with Carlow in the decider.

Down did start well with Pearse Óg McCrickard and Tom Prenter pointing but Laois quickly gained control and were nine points clear at the break.

After winning the ball on the '45, Purcell drove forward to dispatch the ball to the net on 43 minutes to virtually put the game beyond doubt.

With Jer Quinlan and Tomas Keyes also raising white flags, Laois were in cruise control from there to the finish.

Tyrone set up a Division 2B final date with neighbours Derry after a high-scoring 5-09 to 3-14 win over Donegal in Letterkenny.

The hosts were without their sizable Setanta contingent who were out of the country, but it didn't hold them back with Peter Kelly goaling in the first minute and Sean McVeigh adding a second soon after to put them in a good position playing against the breeze.

The Red Hands responded with a brace of goals of their own, Cormac Munroe and Joe McToal on target, to lead 2-04 to 2-01 after a frantic opening.

The first-half goal-fest continued with Sean Og Grogan and Lorcan Devlin raising green flags for Tyrone, Kelly grabbing his second for Donegal, as the visitors led 4-05 to 3-03 at the interval.

Tiernan Morgan grabbed a fifth goal for Tyrone soon after the restart and although Brian McIntyre, Conor Gartland and Oisin Marley helped to bring the deficit down, the Red Hands held on.

In Division 3A, Sligo set up an all-Connacht final with Mayo as they defeated Cavan 0-22 to 1-14 at Markievicz Park.

Ollie Bellew's visiting outfit had arrived hoping to keep alive their