Frank Roach

Yes, reporting from an early house, as we speak.

Now you have it, yeah.

If I was in an early house, I don't think I'd have been able to take this call.

But anyway, I survived.

And for a few fleeting minutes, you thought this is game over.

They're just going to kind of ease into the distance.

And Westmead outscored Dublin by, I think it was 12 points to three within a 15 minute period.

And you could see the belief in the team soar in that period.

And Dublin literally had no answer.

And it was all predicated really on the kick-out, how Westmead went after Evan Comerford's kick-outs.

It wasn't just the hunger of it, but it was how they set up for it.

And they had extra men at the breaks every time.

More often than not, they didn't even look to catch the ball.

They just knocked it down because they knew there was going to be a maroon jersey when to pick it up.

And for that 15-minute period, Dublin were shell-shocked.

And as Dean said, referencing how Westmeath had been the better team, what often happens in games like this is the underdog...

do everything right until they literally see the finishing line in sight.

And they blinked and they very nearly lost the final.

And if they did, they'd have, I think, a lifetime of regrets if they had but for Senn and Breaker's wonderful equaliser there with a minute to go.

But part of me wasn't that surprised that they took off an extra time again because