Armagh, who led by eight points at half-time, needed a goal from sub, Jamie Clarke, in the 70th minute to earn a share of the spoils with Westmeath in a pulsating game in Mullingar.

A converted free by John Heslin in the fifth minute of injury-time secured a vital brace of National Football League Division 2 points for Westmeath against Clare in Mullingar on Sunday afternoon.