Westmeath 5-17 Kilkenny 0-2:David Glennon helped himself to 1-8 before being withdrawn early as Westmeath eased into the next round of the Leinster under-21 football championship at St John's Park yesterday.
Glennon scored the opening six points as the winners pounded the opposition from the start. With goals from Luke Folan, Brendan Nannery and Willie Coyne, Westmeath led at the break 3-10 to no score.
The losers had Pat Hartley dismissed for a second yellow card offence early in the second half, but the game was well up for them by then. They had to wait until the 50th minute for their opening score, from Peter Hanrahan. The winners play Laois or Louth in the next round.
WESTMEATH: D Bryan, J Lynch, K Gavin, T Warburton, M Curley, A Whitney, G Crowley, B Nannery (1-1), D Duffy, G Hoey, C Reilly (0-4), L Folan (1-0), A Devine, R English (0-1), D Glennon (1-8). Subs: W Coyne (1-0) for Crowley, J Connellan (0-3) for Folan, S Whelan (1-0) for Devine, P Kelly for Glennon; F Reilly (0-1) for Curley.
KILKENNY: D Molloy, JJ Kenny, R Cody, D Wafer, E Kavanagh, M McDowell, B Staunton, D Lyng, P Hartley, K Quinlan, K Joyce, P Grace, S Maher, R O'Hara, P Hanrahan (0-1). Subs: P Whelan (0-1) for McDowell, J Mulhall for JJ Kenny, J Lawlor for Kavanagh; L Lenihan for Staunton.
Referee: B O'Shea (Dublin).
