Division Three round-up: Westmeath need to pick themselves up for final

Dessie Dolan’s side lacked spark in defeat to Sligo while Antrim send Wicklow down to Division Four

Westmeath will go into next Saturday’s Allianz League final against Down under something of a cloud after they were comprehensively outplayed by Sligo at Markievicz Park today.

The midlanders needed a positive result to be sure of promotion, though as the afternoon progressed, Down’s dominance against Clare removed the urgency from the situation. Whether that fed through to the Westmeath players in the second half is hard to tell, but it certainly looked that way as Sligo kicked the first four points of the second half and eventually clinched their win through Seán Carrabine’s 70th minute goal.

Wicklow again rallied with the first two points of the second half, but Patrick McBride came up trumps for the home side when he kicked three second half points from play to keep the Saffrons’ noses in front throughout a tense second half.

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