Ó Sé happy as Westmeath overcome Cork with late flurry

Westmeath 0-14 Cork 0-12

Both sets of selectors learned little. Billy Morgan was quite happy about Cork’s first-half performance and particularly their defence while Páidi Ó Sé was happy with Westmeath’s finishing flurry.

In the first-half the Cork defence was tight and uncompromising, in midfield Dermot Hurley and Graham Canty were in total control and even the loss of Fionan Murray with a hamstring problem after just a few minutes did not ruffle the attack where Colm Crowley notched textbook scores.