WESTMEATH hurling captain Brian Smyth has been dropped from the panel as manager Brian Hanley cracks the whip for the new season.

WESTMEATH slumped into deep relegation trouble when they lost at home to Antrim by four points, having finished the game with just 13 players.

CHRISTY RING CUP (Quarter-final): Westmeath 2-21 Down 1-18, Wicklow 3-13 Meath 1-18

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