Hat-trick from Whelan helps Galway ease past Westmeath

Conor Whelan scored a hat-trick for Galway to help his side to a comfortable win over a depleted Westmeath side.

HAT-TRICK: Galway's Conor Whelan scores a hat-trick to help his side ease past Westmeath. Pic:©INPHO/Tommy Grealy

Galway 6-33 Westmeath 0-17 

Kilkenny legend Henry Shefflin praised his Galway charges for “going about their business very well” in a 34-point demolition of Westmeath in Mullingar on Saturday evening.