Westmeath secure top-flight status and send Laois down
Westmeath's senior hurlers have secured top-flight spring hurling for 2024 and relegated Laois to Division 2 with a hard-earned, but deserved, victory at FBD Semple Stadium.
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Westmeath's senior hurlers have secured top-flight spring hurling for 2024 and relegated Laois to Division 2 with a hard-earned, but deserved, victory at FBD Semple Stadium.
The only game in Group 3 on the opening night of the Leinster under-20 football championship saw defending champions Kildare beaten by Westmeath by 2-10 to 0-10 at Hawkfield.
In what was something of a dead rubber for both sides, Galway, as expected, had a big win by a 4-27 to 1-12 margin against Westmeath in showery conditions in Mullingar, albeit two rapid-fire goals deep into injury-time gave a false impression of the battling display by the home team.
A superbly-struck injury-time point from full-back Lee Cullen helped Fermanagh take a big step towards promotion in a thrilling affair at Ederney.
All-Ireland champions Limerick, as was widely expected, proved to be far too good for a plucky Westmeath side in Mullingar.
Westmeath kept in contention for promotion to Division 2 with a surprisingly facile win against a very disappointing Antrim side in Mullingar.
Cork have had turkey shoots and scares against Westmeath in recent years but this was neither. Not impressive nor worrying, just enough to maintain the Rebels' winning start in the Allianz Hurling League.
Down kept their Division 3 promotion hopes alive in Newry with a pulsating second-half performance at Páirc Esler to come from seven points behind to beat Westmeath by two in an enthralling finish.