Dublin got their 2020 campaign off to a winning start at the expense of Westmeath in today’s Walsh Cup SH round 2 fixture at Cusack Park.

Aidan Mellett scored the game’s only goal as Mattie Kenny’s side secured a 1-22 to 0-17 victory.

Mellett found the back of the home side’s net in the 14th minute and that helped establish a 1-15 to 0-9 half-time cushion for the team in Sky Blue.

The Shane O’Brien managed Westmeath – who defeated Carlow by four points last weekend - shaded the second-half exchanges by eight points to seven but had left themselves with too big a mountain to climb.

They will look to return to winning ways when they travel to take on Laois in Round 3 on Sunday, January 5.

Next up for the Dubs is a home fixture with Carlow on the same day.

Dublin - J Treacy; J Madden, P Smyth, T Connolly; P Crummey, D Gray, J Malone; D Keogh (0-2), L McMullan (0-3); F Whitely, M Schutte (0-2), D Burke (0-8, 3f); A Mellett (1-1), R Hayes, O O'Rorke (0-5, 4f). Subs: A O'Neill (0-1) for O O'Rorke, S Brennan for J Treacy, L Corcoran for P Crummey, E O'Donnell for D Keogh, Crummey for A Mellett.

Westmeath - A McHugh; A Cox, T Doyle, A Ennis; S Clavin, A Craig, G Greville; L Varley (0-1), E Price (0-7); J Boyle, D O'Reilly, R Greville; N Mitchell (0-2), D Clinton (0-3f), J Galvin. Subs: A Clarke for S Clavin, D McNicholas (0-4, 2f) for D O'Reilly, J Birmingham for A Craig, J Gilligan for J Galvin, S McGovern for D Clinton, C Doyle for R Greville, B Doyle for L Varley.

Referee - G Quilty.

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