Westmeath's Lorcan Dolan celebrates scoring. Image: Evan Treacy/INPHO Westmeath's Lorcan Dolan celebrates scoring. Image: Evan Treacy/INPHO Westmeath 3-22 Offaly 2-16 WESTMEATH ENCOUNTERED LITTLE difficulty against Offaly as they set-up a Tailteann Cup final meeting with Cavan in two weeks’ time.
Even though they played at a lower division in the league, Westmeath showed their superior experience and kept their neighbours at arm’s length from 14 minutes when they led by 1-4 to no score. To their credit Offaly kept chipping away after a disastrous start where they didn’t score a point from play until the 24th minute. At that stage they only had 1-2 on the board, yet they finished with a credible tally of 2-16.A vomiting bug swept through the Offaly camp during the week and they suffered a blow when experienced defender Niall Darby went down with a suspected torn cruciate on Tuesday night. Whether that impacted their start to the game or not, they started poorly.
The Offaly attack were living on scraps, although McNamee’s free reduced the gap to four, 1-4 to 1-1, shortly after. Even though Westmeath were dominating the game, they weren’t making it count on the scoreboard. Heslin kept the scoreboard moving for Westmeath and then the excellent Lorcan Dolan grabbed his second goal after a fine burst forward from Kevin Maguire. That killed off the Offaly resistance. O’Toole and McCartan tagged on scores as Westmeath stretched their lead to 12.
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