WESTMEATH v GALWAY
Westmeath lost to Armagh in Round 1; Galway beat Tyrone.
Westmeath and Galway share the maroon-and-white colours but they have shared a championship pitch only once before.
That was back in 2006 when Westmeath won a Round 4 All-Ireland qualifier tie by 1-8 to 0-10 in Pearse Stadium.
Their last competitive meeting was in the 2015 Allianz League when Galway won a Division 2 game by a point.
2023 CHAMPIONSHIP
GALWAY
• Galway 1-13 Roscommon 1-9 (Connacht semi-final)
• Galway 2-20 Sligo 0-12 (Connacht final)
• Galway 0-16 Tyrone 0-13 (All-Ireland Group 2)
Top Scorers
Matthew Tierney………2-10 (0-1 free, 0-1 mark, 0-1 ‘45’)
Damien Comer…………..1-5
Shane Walsh……………….0-10 (0-8 frees)
WESTMEATH
• Louth 2-10 Westmeath 1-11 (Leinster quarter-final)
• Armagh 1-13 Westmeath 1-12 (All-Ireland Group 3)
Top Scorers
John Heslin….0-9 (0-5 frees)
Ronan O’Toole……2-2
Luke Loughlin……..0-5 (0-1 ‘45’)
– Rival managers, Padraic Joyce and Dessie Dolan were on the Galway and Westmeath teams that played in the first (and only up to now) championship clash between the counties in 2006.
Dolan captained Westmeath in their one-point win.
– Galway are bidding to win for the ninth time in ten championship games. The only defeat in their last nine games came against Kerry in last year’s All-Ireland final.
They beat Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Armagh and Derry last year and Roscommon, Sligo and Tyrone this year.
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