Henry Shefflin spoke to the media about the draw with Kilkenny and Galway’s clash with Westmeath.
WESTMEATH v GALWAY
Galway won last year’s Leinster championship tie by 25 points and this year’s Allianz League game by 24 points.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2022: Galway 3-36 Westmeath 1-17 (Leinster round robin)
2016: Galway 3-27 Westmeath 0-19 (Leinster quarter-final)
2012: Galway 5-19 Westmeath 4-12 (Leinster quarter-final)
2011: Galway 4-17 Westmeath 2-14 (Leinster quarter-final)
2006: Galway 3-21 Westmeath 0-6 (All-Ireland qualifiers)
*Galway beat Wexford and drew with Kilkenny in their first two ‘round robin’ games. Westmeath lost to Kilkenny and Dublin.
*Galway have scored a total of 18 goals in their last five championship meetings with Westmeath and have won them by an average of 17 points.
Top Scorers Championship 2023
Westmeath
Ciaran Doyle……0-13 (0-8 frees)
Niall Mitchell….1-0
Eoin Keyes……….0-2
Galway
Evan Niland……0-20 (0-11 frees, 0-1 ‘65’)
Brian Concannon…1-7
Conor Whelan………0-4
LEINSTER TABLE
……………………..P……W…..D……L……For…….Ag…….+/-………Pts
Kilkenny…………2…….1……1……0…..0-57…….1-32….+22……..3
Dublin……………2……..1……1……0…..3-42……2-33……+12…….3
Galway…………..2…….1……1……0……1-49……2-40…..+6………3
Wexford…………2……..1……0…….1….3-42……1-50…..-2……….2
Antrim…………….2……..0……1……1….2-45……2-49……-4……..1
Westmeath……….2…….0……0……2…1-21……2-52…..-34……..0
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