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Published 15:24 6 May 2018 BST
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"We have good hurlers, there's no question about that, but sometimes the physicality in winter doesn't suit us. I thought today, right through the pitch, we were always doing the right thing," he said. "It was a great team performance, and we're kind of a summer team, we don't have the biggest team around but our use of the ball was very good and I thought we deserved to shade it.Where brawn can trump brain in winter games, composure will usually win out in the summer sun.
"We made good decisions on the ball, and I always feel that success is a consequence of right decisions and today, we did just that."What laid the platform for Westmeath's victory was their hounding of the Laois puck-out. They overturned Enda Rowland's restarts on numerous occasions, with their high-press tactic paying huge dividends. Ryan confirmed that this was no fluke.
"We put a bit of work on it in training during the week. The opposition goalie is the only man on the other team who has the ball in his hand with nobody on him, so we worked on that, closing him down and today we had a bit of joy with it.It's a good start for Westmeath.
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