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Mon 04 Apr 2007A stroll for Laois as Young shines brightlyNational Hurling League Division Two Final/Laois 2-19 Wicklow 0-7:When hurling flows, be it high summer or in a wintry gale, it reaches a mythical status that leaves all other games in its wake. For every one of those days there are multiple occasions like the curtain-raiser in Thurles yesterday. This Division Two final yet again exemplified the massive gulf in quality between the elite and also-rans.Offaly are the latest traditional hurling base to slide out the Division One trap-door. Well, that's presuming that decision isn't overturned at committee level.