Rainbow proud of ‘spirited performance’ from Carlow

Anthony Rainbow expressed pride in the efforts of his Carlow side but conceded that Westmeath just had too much firepower in the end.

“I thought we defended very well in the first 20-25 minutes” said Rainbow. “We seemed to frustrate Westmeath a small bit in that period and they were finding it hard to penetrate us in certain areas.

“Unfortunately we gave away two goals in quick succession and that put us on the back foot for the rest of the first half.