Jack Cooney’s reign as Westmeath senior football manager got off to a winning start against Carlow in today’s O’Byrne Cup clash at Netwatch Cullen Park.

The Lake County came away with a 0-12 to 0-8 victory under their belt.

The first-half finished with the visitors 0-9 to 0-5 to the good and they were able to cope with the set-back of having top scorer Sean Petit sin-binned for 10 minutes at the start of the second-half.

Petit raised five white flags (0-3 frees) for the team in maroon and white while substitute Luke Loughlin chipped in with three points from placed balls.

Kieran Martin also made a telling impact off the bench while the home side lost the services of All-Star nominee Paul Broderick to injury in the 9th minute.

Meanwhile, despite being named at midfield in their starting 15, Brendan Murphy didn’t feature for the Barrowsiders.

Westmeath - K Fagan; B Sayeh, R Wallace, G Carr; N O'Reilly, K Daly (0-1), C Slevin; S Flanagan, N Mulligan; A McGivney, P Fagan (0-1), J Maxwell; S Petit (0-5, 3f), J Halligan (0-2), T Watts. Subs: K Martin for G Carr, L Loughlin (0-3f) for T Watts, N Cully for B Sayeh, C McCormack for P Fagan, T Molloy for S Petit.

Carlow - R Molloy; BJ Molloy, J Murphy, C Crowley; J Moore, S Doyle (0-1), D Lunney (0-2); J Kennedy, D Foley (0-1f); S Clarke, P Broderick, L Walker (0-1); C Crowley, D Walshe (0-2, 1f), D St Ledger (0-1f). Subs: C Moran for P Broderick, D Thompson for C Crowley, N Lowry for J Kennedy, N Roche for S Clarke, J Clarke for C Moran.

Referee - A Nolan.

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