Westmeath had their expected facile win over Waterford in a lacklustre qualifier first round tie played in ideal conditions in Mullingar Sunday afternoon, the Déise men never coming close to replicating their fine display against Clare in the Munster Championship. The referee issued 12 yellow cards – seven of them to the winners – throughout the 77 minutes played, but the game was far from rancorous and often lacked championship intensity. However, the Lake County side totally dominated the remainder of the contest, outscoring their opponents by 1-13 to 0-3. GAA NewsletterScorers – Westmeath: G Egan 0-8 (6f), R O’Toole 1-2 (1 ’45), J Halligan 0-4, K Martin 0-2, R Wallace, J Dolan, D Corroon, T McDaniel, D Lynch, N O’Reilly 0-1 each. Waterford: C Murray, T Prendergast, D Hutchinson 0-2 each, D Fitzgerald 0-1.

Source: Irish Independent June 09, 2019 19:07 UTC