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May 16, 2021 | 4:02 PM
16 May 2021; Brendan Doyle of Westmeath and Conor Sheehan of Waterford following the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A Round 2 match between Waterford and Westmeath at Walsh Park in Waterford. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile
First Half
There was good work from the Waterford forwards in working the ball up the park, but Mikey Kearney’s shot on goal was the only real threat on goal for the first half.
That net bulging shot provided the impetus that Waterford needed and gave them a foothold in the game that they had been missing early on.
Westmeath struggled with balls not going to hand and needing more than one attempt to get the ball off the ground, but with that taken into account, they did look dangerous at times and created problems for the Waterford defence.