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Replying To Loughlenegale: "Was watching the fitzgibbon games last night. Peter Clarke had a great game for DCU one of the best players on show along with Shane Walsh and Scully for Mary I. We are really poor at promoting our hurlers operating at this level. Offaly Killkenny and the Munster counties show more interest in their players. We should be using every hurling promotion tool we can get our hands on. If we could get some of the CBS hurlers into top hurling colleges it could prove invaluable especially given the hurling brain drain off our senior panel." Peter Clarke netted two great goals for DCU, great talent with loads of pace. He can play anywhere across the forward line and is an excellent midfielder too, very versatile Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1089 - 05/02/2026 12:59:38 2655090 Link
Good to get over the line today. We looked a bit leggy in the end. Bench didn't seem to offer much but at the same time , the subs had to be made. Meath unlucky not to score more goals. Westmeath were very accurate when shooting and that got them over the line. Shane Williams and Shaw got two amazing blocks when goals looked on. They fought hard in defence and although the forwards were very accurate, they don't off much defensively. Surely David Williams should be the in the forwards and Clarke out midfield. Well done to Kevin and Co. 3/4 points , keep building momentum. Gaawestmeath (Westmeath) - Posts: 127 - 08/02/2026 23:15:52 2655575 Link
Replying To Gaawestmeath: "Good to get over the line today. We looked a bit leggy in the end. Bench didn't seem to offer much but at the same time , the subs had to be made. Meath unlucky not to score more goals. Westmeath were very accurate when shooting and that got them over the line. Shane Williams and Shaw got two amazing blocks when goals looked on. They fought hard in defence and although the forwards were very accurate, they don't off much defensively. Surely David Williams should be the in the forwards and Clarke out midfield. Well done to Kevin and Co. 3/4 points , keep building momentum." Yeah I was thinking that swap with Clarke and Williams should be made. When O'Reilly, McCormack and Egerton come back in it will give us another boost, a draw and a win is a good platform to build on now going forward. Dheen (Westmeath) - Posts: 1089 - 09/02/2026 09:16:12 2655588 Link
Do the top 2 get promoted or just the top team? martyW (Westmeath) - Posts: 342 - 09/02/2026 09:27:18 2655591 Link
Good summary, surprisingly we didn't look as fit as Meath and they took over in closing quarter, Keyes was really good at corner forward, won crucial possession and scored 4-5 points, Killian good from play and frees, Conor Shaw's block was a match saver, great bravery shown, management made a brave call substituting Peter Clarke after his yellow but the danger of going to 14 men would have surely meant defeat, physically Westmeath are a small and light side, not surprising with a young average age, conditions don't suit those type of players, good to get a win but lots to work on, promotion still a possibility although it's a massive step up to division 2 based on results there yesterday Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2571 - 09/02/2026 09:41:38 2655596 Link