Ahead of Sunday's semi-final double-header, Tom Cribbin believes Westmeath are on a par with anyone else in Leinster, bar Dublin.

As he prepares the Lake County for their crunch Leinster SFC meeting with Kildare at Croke Park, Cribbin is confident that his charges can advance to the provincial decider:

"Dublin are ahead of the rest, full stop, simple as that. For the five or six teams behind them, there is very little between us. It all depends on the form of the team on the day, and injuries, things like that," he notes in The Irish Times.

"We've a clean bill of health, in good form, and it's all about playing to our own ability now, our own potential. I know Kildare have a couple of injuries at the moment, and we don't. 

"So we're as good as we can be anyway, and that's all we can worry about. The day takes care of itself then, and if you're good enough then you're good enough.

"We played two games in Croke Park last year, and hopefully that experience will stand to us. Kildare will fancy their chances too, having got promoted. Okay, they were criticised a little after the Wexford game, but it's always difficult to get over the first round. 

"They've been working on a defensive system, thinking of what's coming down the road. And most teams are doing that. You saw Galway last weekend, Cavan as well, and even Mayo, bringing back Kevin McLoughlin."

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