Westmeath’s Sarah Dillon tries to gather possession ahead of Down’s Ciara Byrne and Meghan Doherty in this year's All-Ireland Intermediate Championship.

Westmeath ladies aiming for semi-final spot

Published: Fri 27 Jun 2025, 2:23 PM

Preview: Cavan v Westmeath, Kingspan Breffni Park, Sunday, 2pm

Westmeath are facing a crucial test away to Cavan on Sunday in the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship quarter-final.

Frank Browne's charges will be eager to find their best for, which would give them every chance in a very competitive encounter.

Cavan lost out to Monaghan in the group stages but still ended up topping the group, as Monaghan were stunned by Wicklow by 1-11 to 1-10.

The reward for Cavan for their big 1-20 to 0-4 victory over Wicklow is a home quarter-final against Westmeath, who are smarting from a heavy loss to Tyrone last time out when they went down by 6-11 to 0-7.

The Lake County will certainly need to improve on that display but Cavan know that they can get better too – and this could be a really good game.

Tyrone or Fermanagh await the winners of this one in the semi-finals.

Cavan: E Baugh; L Crowe, S Kelly, E Corcoran; M Sheridan, S Lynch, S Greene; M Fitzpatrick, N Tolan; E Brady, LJ Grant, C Dolan; C Charters, A Sheridan, A Gilsenan.

Westmeath: A Temple; Lara McCartan, S Murphy, F Coyle; C Gonoud, L Power, S Buckley; V Carr, A Roche; Lucy McCartan, S Dillon, T Dillon; G Byrne, A Jones, C Kilmurray.