Dublin secures biggest win under Jim Gavin as they crush Westmeath at Croke Park

Dublin 4-29, Westmeath 0-10: The working theory was that Dublin had drifted back ever so slightly towards the chasing pack this season but Westmeath never came close to testing that in a woefully one-sided Leinster semi-final at HQ on Sunday afternoon.

The working theory was that Dublin had drifted back ever so slightly towards the chasing pack this season but Westmeath never came close to testing that in a woefully one-sided Leinster semi-final at HQ on Sunday afternoon, writes Brendan O’Brien at Croke Park.

This was Dublin’s biggest win under Jim Gavin, and one secured in front of 33,370 people at Croke Park, but the paucity of the challenge can’t be ignored. Kildare will certainly expect to discommode them much more in the provincial decider on July 16.