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A TREMENDOUS second half display enabled Westmeath to chalk up a rare win over Meath at Cusack Park on Saturday.

The sides were level at the break, 2-3 to 0-9, but it took goals from Paul Sharry and James Durkan to keep Westmeath in touch. A goal from Michael Newman handed the initiative to the visitors, but Westmeath strung together 10 unanswered points for victory.

WESTMEATH: D Quinn; B Moran, K Maguire, R Doyle; G Egan, K Martin, J Dolan; D Corroon, J Heslin (0-5, 4f, lineball); P Sharry (1-0), J Egan (0-2), C Lynam (0-3, 1f); I Coffey (0-1), C McCormack, J Durkan (1-1). Subs: T Mescall for Doyle (21 mins), L Smyth (0-2) for Egan (37 mins), T McDaniel for Lynam (59 mins).

MEATH: P O’Rourke; C Lenihan, S Curran, G Sheridan; T Johnson, B Menton, K McCann; C Gillespie, C Berrigan (0-1); A Douglas, M Collins (0-2), G Reilly; D Carroll, B Sheridan (0-7, 5fs), S Dalton (0-1). Subs: M Newman (1-0) for Reilly (20 mins), S O’Brien for Sheridan (39 mins), B Lyons for Carroll (50 mins).

Referee: B O’Shea (Dublin).