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O'Rourke praises courageous Henderson

Armagh match-winner Ryan Henderson came in for rich praise from his manager Paddy O'Rourke after Saturday night's victory over Laois.

Henderson scored the winning point with the last kick of the game, having missed an easier chance moments earlier.

"I thought Ryan showed great courage," O'Rourke said.

"He was after missing two good chances just before that, but he didn't hesitate in going for it and it's a good win for us because we knew it wasn't going to be easy here."

While disappointed with the outcome, Laois boss Sean Dempsey was happy that his side had shown a big improvement from their 15-point loss to Donegal three weeks ago.

"They're very disappointed in there because they know they were close. But I was very happy with the performance and I think we were very unlucky not to get at least a draw out of it," he said.
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