Fintan O’Connor ‘relieved’ as Kerry get the better of Westmeath

Kerry 0-20 Westmeath 2-12: Kerry senior hurling manager Fintan O’Connor, confessed to being “relieved, more than anything” after his side pulled off a vital win against Westmeath in miserable weather in Mullingar yesterday afternoon.

A wind-assisted Kingdom raced into a three-point lead with just two minutes on the clock, and they were 0-8 to 0-3 ahead by the time Westmeath corner-forward Niall O’Brien was sent off on the quarter-hour mark after picking up his second yellow card.

O’Connor was “delighted to come away with the two points” and was full of praise for Westmeath “who fought and battled, despite being down to 14 men”.