Offaly breathe sigh of relief as Westmeath run out of steam

Offaly 2-11 Westmeath 0-14

This one was already dead in the water. Or so we thought.

By then, Offaly were 2-7 to 0-5 in front and Westmeath were having the sort of day that makes you wish you had stayed in bed. Dessie Dolan was already warming the bench after the most needless of trips had seen him yellow-carded by referee Mike Ryan five minutes before the break.