WESTMEATH’S Leinster club SFC hoodoo was broken in dramatic circumstances by substitute Conor Cosgrove’s injury-time winning free in Tullamore yesterday.

Westmeath manager Pat Flanagan has made four changes to his team for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC first round qualifier against Antrim at Casement Park (throw-in 2pm).

The Westmeath team selected for tomorrow's Allianz Football League Division 3 final against Louth shows one change to the side that beat Offaly most recently.

DUBLIN and Westmeath will return to Mullingar tomorrow evening to get their O’Byrne Cup campaign underway at the second time of asking.

SOMEHOW, despite everything, Kilmacud soldier on.

KILMACUD CROKES star Ross O’Carroll has admitted his brother, All-Star nominee Rory, will miss the crucial Leinster club semi-final against Garrycastle on Sunday week.

Westmeath manager Pat Flanagan and his Derry counterpart Damien Cassidy have announced their teams for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC second round qualifier in Mullingar (throw-in 5pm).

DENIS GLENNON marked his latest return to the Westmeath fold by augmenting a selfless performance with an injury-time point to snatch victory for the 13-man Lakesiders.

Westmeath 0-15 Wicklow 1-11

Dessie Dolan is poised to make his long-awaited return for Westmeath in their Leinster SFC quarter-final against Wicklow at Tullamore on Sunday (throw-in 3.30pm).

Westmeath 0-8 Down 2-15

NFL DIVISION 2:

PORTLAOISE cemented their status as Leinster football’s most successful club by claiming their seventh provincial title at the expense of Westmeath’s Garrycastle yesterday.

Garrycastle (Westmeath) 1-8 Ballyboden St Enda’s 0-6

FIVE counties have yet to win the Leinster club senior football championship.

SO much for early season form not counting for much in the championship. Well, it certainly held true in Croke Park yesterday when Dublin’s near-perfect display in the Leinster SFC semi-final saw them beat Westmeath by the same margin of 27 points they had inflicted on them in the last round of the League.

ONE can only surmise how either Westmeath or Wicklow would have fared in the Leinster SFC semi-final, but on the basis of the regulation 70 minutes yesterday, not very well.

Dublin 5-22 Westmeath 0-10

Westmeath 1-7 Donegal 0-15

Kerry 1-12 Westmeath 0-6

THERE were doubts. Of course, there were doubts. There couldn’t but be. Over the past two faltering seasons, there was no money-back guarantee, no assurance that the glory days of 2003 and 2005 would ever return.

Tyrone 0-14 Westmeath 1-7

Dublin 0-13 Westmeath 1-08