The opening game of the 2021 Hurling season seen Westmeath lose to Galway by 30pts . We have scoring commentary.
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Davy Glennon gets the final score of the game
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Galway’s Shane Cooney with his 2nd point of the game
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Niall O’Brien with a point
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Conor Cooney for Galway, Joe Boyle for Westmeath
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Goal for Galways Conor Cooney
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Niall OBrien with another free
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Evan Niland with a free for Galway
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On Kevin Regan Off Derek McNicholas
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Johnny Coen for Galway, they lead 4-24 to 1-12
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Handy Goal from Niall Mitchell after he blocks down Galway goalkeeper Eanna Murphy, who gets booked
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Cathal Mannion & Conor Cooney for Galway
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Galway Substitutes On TJ Brennan & Joseph Cooney Off Brian Concannon & Aidan Harte
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Evan Niland for Galway
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Yellow card for Joey Boyle
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Niall OBrien and Evan Niland trade frees
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Brian Concannon with the 4th Galway GOAL
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2:55pm Second half underway
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Its the Evan Niland show in the first half as Galway lead 3-18 to 0-10 at half time
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Another stunning free from Evan Niland followed by a Niall Burke point from play
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Shane Williams with a much needed score for Westmeath, its -10 to 3-15
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Jarlath Mannion with the 3rd goal for Galway
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Niall Burke point
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Galway’s Evan Niland with a free, Galway lead by 10pts
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Ciaran Doyle an excellent point, his second of the day
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Lovely long range free from Even Niland
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Aidan Harte for Galway followed by an Evan Niland free, its 0-08 to 2-10
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Niall OBrien with another Westmeath free
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Evan Niland with a free for Galway
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Niall OBrien converts a free and its back to 6pts
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Niall Burke with the second Galway goal
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Niall O’Brien converting the resulting free after yellow card
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Yellow card for Galway\’s Jack Fitzpatrick
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Niall O’Brien with another free for Westmeath
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Niall Burke & Jarlath Mannion for Galway, they now lead by 6pts
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Niall O’Brien with another free for Galway, Cathal Mannion replies for Galway, Its 0-03 to 1-04
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Conor Whelan with an easy goal for Galway
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Evan Niland for Galway, they lead 3pts to 2pts
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Brian Concannon puts Galway in front with a nice score, could have been a goal
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Niall O\’Brien with the opening score for Westmeath, Evan Niland responds for Galway
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Evan Niland free for Galway drops short
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Westmeath: Eoin Skelly; Darragh Egerton, Tommy Doyle, Conor Shaw; Alan Cox, Aaron Craig, Derek McNicholas; Robbie Greville, Davy Glennon; Joey Boyle, Ciaran Doyle, Jack Galvin; Niall O\’Brien, Darragh Clinton, Shane Williams. Subs: Noel Conaty, Tommy Gallagher, Brendan Doyle, Kevin Regan, Peadar Scally, Jack Gillen, Shane Clavin, Josh Coll, Ciaran Nolan, Eoghan Ahearn, Niall Mitchell.
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Galway : Eanna Murphy; Sean Loftus, Gearoid McInerney, Jack Fitzpatrick; Aidan Harte, Shane Cooney, Fintan Burke; Johnny Coen, Cathal Mannion; Conor Cooney, Evan Niland, Brian Concannon; Jarlath Mannion, Niall Burke, Conor Whelan.
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RESULTS
Team Scores Live Score Outcome
Westmeath (H) 0 1-16 Draw, Loss, Win
Galway 0 5-34 Draw, Loss, Win
Starting Teams
Galway:Â Eanna Murphy; Sean Loftus, Gearoid McInerney, Jack Fitzpatrick; Aidan Harte, Shane Cooney, Fintan Burke; Johnny Coen, Cathal Mannion; Conor Cooney, Evan Niland, Brian Concannon; Jarlath Mannion, Niall Burke, Conor Whelan.
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Start Time & Live GAA TV Coverage
The game is live on TG4 at 2pm on Saturday from TEG Cusack Park
Betting on Westmeath v GalwayÂ
Match betting – 16/1 Westmeath with Galway 1/66
Handicap betting – Westmeath (-13pts) v Galway (-13pts) Both are 10/11
Preview
This is a match that Galway will have to put up a big winning margin with Limerick, Tipperary, Cork & Waterford making up the Hurling 1 Group League table. Even without Joe Canning Galway will have an easy win.
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