Galway crushed Westmeath in the opening round of the Allianz Hurling league scoring a 30 point victory in TEG Cusack Park.
It was an expected victory for the tribesmen who won out 5-34 to 1-16 in division 1A but with Westmeath still to face Tipperary and Limerick, further huge score lines could be a feature of this season.
Galway’s first goal came in the 10th minute from Conor Whelan with Galway leading 1-7 to 1-6 at the first water break.
Galway dominated in the second-quarter with Niall Burke finding the net nearly immediately after the resumption and Jarlath Mannion making it 3-18 to 10 points at the break.
Westmeath never threatened even playing with the wind in the second-half Brian Concannon with Galway’s fourth goal four minutes into the second-half.
Niall Mitchell pounced on a Galway goal keeping error to raise the green flag for Westmeath but there was no comeback.
Galway’s fifth goal came straight after the second water break via Conor Cooney as Galway recorded +30 to their score difference after game one.
