Westmeath won’t roll out Croker blanket

Westmeath’s Kieran Martin believes they are in a better position to seriously challenge Dublin this year and has indicated they won’t rely on a blanket defence strategy.

The Lake County will meet Dublin in the Leinster championship for the third year running at Croke Park today.

Tom Cribbin’s men defended in huge numbers in the 2015 Leinster final and deployed two sweepers in last year’s decider.