Westmeath 0-15 Tipperary 0-6FURTHER EVIDENCE in Ardfinnan on Saturday evening , if any was needed, that Westmeath are over-reliant on the scoring prowess of messrs Dolan and Glennon.

Denis Glennon weighed in with five points from play,while Dessie Dolan landed six frees. Manager Tomás Ó Flatharta said: "That performance was fairly dire compared to what we were doing a few weeks ago. I'm just glad with the outcome, nothing else."

It took 14 minutes for Westmeath to score but Tipperary managed just one point in the first half as the visitors led by 0-7 to 0-1 at the break. Tipp were reduced to 14 men when Niall Curran was dismissed for a second bookable offence in the closing minutes.

TIPPERARY:P Fitzgerald; N Curran, M Peters, C McDonald; P Codd, R Costigan, C Aylward; E Hanrahan, G Hannigan; D O'Brien, P Austin (0-1), H Coghlan; S Carey, B Coen (0-2, frees), B Grogan (0-1). Subs: L Coskeran for O'Brien (half-time), B Mulvihill (0-1, free) for Carey (46 mins), S Stapleton for Austin (62 mins), T Dalton (0-1) for Coen (62 mins), M Phelan for Peters (66 mins).

WESTMEATH:G Connaugthon; F Boyle, K Gavin, J Keane; M Ennis (0-1), D Heavin, D Healy; D O'Donoghue, P Bannon; S Quinn (0-1), J Smyth (0-1), D Harte; D Dolan (0-6, frees), Denis Glennon (0-5), D Bannon. Subs: P Tormey for Harte (45 mins), G Dolan for P Bannon (55 mins), David Glennon (0-1) for D Bannon (58 mins), C Mullen for Connaughton (69 mins), W Murtagh for Healy (69 mins).

Referee:M Deegan (Laois).