Cork keep promotion hopes alive with narrow win over Westmeath

Chris Óg Jones hat-trick aids Rebels to one-point win at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Chris Óg Jones, pictured during last year's Munster quarter-final, scored 3-4 in Cork's Division 2 win over Westmeath. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho

Brian O’Driscoll landed an early double as they raced into a 0-4 to nil lead. It should’ve been more only Paul Walsh blazed a one-on-one goal chance wide. The hosts jumped into a six-point lead with back-to-back two-pointers from rookie McDonnell and Eoghan McSweeney for a 1-10 to 1-6 lead. After Lorcan Dolan’s third point, Sam McCartan played a brilliant one-two with Whittaker before rolling the ball to the net.They would trade the lead a few more times in quick succession. Jones’ second goal, fed by Matty Taylor, moved Cork back ahead by the minimum with 18 minutes to play.

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