Rampaging Dublin keep landing the killer blows

Dublin 2-13 Westmeath 0-6: Gone in 60 seconds? It’s a tempting cliché to toss out in light of the two goals Dublin scored early in the second-half to turn this Leinster final encounter decisively in their favour.

Mind you, were they ever genuinely in danger of failing to carry away the Delaney Cup for the fifth consecutive year as provincial winners? Probably not.

In fact, it just about summed up Dublin’s domination of Leinster in recent times that the Westmeath players marched off the pitch at half-time - when they trailed by double scores - to rich and optimistic applause from their supporters.