Westmeath captain Ger Egan says the Lake County will be going all out to beat Dublin in the Leinster final.

The holders have looked imperious as they mowed down Longford and Kildare at the quarter-final and semi-final stage respectively, but Tom Cribbin's men are buoyant after their historic defeat of neighbours Meath in Croke Park on Sunday.

"We want to go and win. You might think that's naive, or how would we stand a chance, but we've nearly beaten every team in Leinster this year. We beat Kildare, Laois and Meath, they're in the top four teams," the Tyrrellspass ace says in The Irish Independent.

"So we're going into the final to win, but we're going to have to really up our level because we can't start like the way we did when it comes to the Leinster final if we are going to have any chance at all - we can't keep bringing that back.

"But a more rounded performance, and you never know then.

"Different lads stood up on different days, different lads stood up against Louth and Wexford. So look, we're not relying on one or two players. The subs who came on on Sunday. . . I thought Jamie Gounod did brilliantly when he came on in the full-back line.

"And the new lads who have come onto the panel just elevated the whole thing as well. It was just that everyone stood up in the second half. I suppose it was disappointing in the first half but anyone who looked at the first two games knew what we were capable of. Thank God we produced it there when we had to."

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