Westmeath forward Aonghus Clarke feels history won't count for anything when the Lake men take on Offaly this Sunday in their Leinster senior hurling championship opener.

Speaking with GAA.ie, Clarke outlined that his age group have no inferiority complex against the Faithful men and are confident of defying 5/2 odds in Mullingar this weekend.

"The first game is fierce important especially with us having a home game first. It is against Offaly, who at the start would probably be seen as the favourites. The first game is massive for us to get momentum," he said.

"Even last year we got a bit of momentum by winning the first two, even then the pressure was off us for the last game. We still had momentum going further into Leinster.

"A lot of people would perceive Offaly to be above us, but from my age coming up we would never have that inferiority against them. We would've beaten them at underage and they never would have been better than us at my age.

"Historically people perceive Offaly to be better, but in my underage days we didn't have that. There is no inferiority complex from my perspective anyway.

"I would have lost to them by a point at minor level with the last puck of the game. I haven't played them much in the Senior Championship. I know traditionally they would be higher up, but within our squad we wouldn't have that as much."

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