Eamonn O'Brien was breathing a sigh of relief after Meath pulled off another dramatic victory at Westmeath's expense on Saturday night.

"We were relieved and happy to get the win in the end," he said after Stephen Bray's last-gasp winner.

"It was a poor second half performance from us. We played well in the first half, but we didn't convert enough chances when we were on top in the first half. Overall, we are just relieved to get away with two points, we probably would have considered ourselves lucky if we had got one point.

"We were fortunate to come away with the win as Westmeath played very well in the last 15 minutes. If we had lost the game, any chance of promotion was lost so it was extremely important to win."

Westmeath boss Brendan Hackett, who had guided the Lake County under 21s to a six-point championship win over the Royals earlier in the day, took some positives from the performance.

"A draw would have been the fairest result, but I'm happy at the way we came back in the second half. That was a big change from the game against Armagh. Meath were very sharp in the first half, but the way we came back suggests we have turned the corner.

"The team is in transition and we were without a few under 21 players as well." Tweet

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