Easy for Navan as minnows flounder

DIFFERENT sport, different day, but this was depressingly reminiscent of Ireland’s facile defeat of Canada in Thomond Park on Saturday with one side doing what they wanted, when they wanted against an inferior opponent.

The omens weren’t good in the days leading up to the fixture when the Castledaly chairman was quoted in one of the Westmeath papers questioning the mental focus of his club’s players.

The reasoning behind his doubts was understandable. Castledaly claimed their first county title this season and the village of a few hundred houses celebrated the achievement in fitting style.