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County Pulse · Senior Football · 2026

Westmeath

Pulse rating
awaiting editorial read
Leinster · NFL Division 3 · W4-D0-L3 (7 regular rounds) · Manager: Mark McHugh Still in · Won R1, advances to Round 2A

editorial standfirst pending. The data below is verified and ready; this is where the county's story gets told.

Form →
NFL D3 R7
Wexford
L -1
Lein Prel
Longford
W +21
Lein QF
Meath
W +5
Lein SF
Kildare
W +4
Lein F
Dublin
W +8
AI R1
Cavan
W +4
27.2
Avg scored
(season)
22.0
Avg conceded
(season)
12 / 12
Games with a goal
26
Goals scored
(season)
18
Goals conceded
(season)
4-33
Top scorer
(Luke Loughlin)
01

Where the scores come from

Goal = 3 · two-pointer = 2 · point = 1

Scoring source by game

Two-point breakdown, data being verified. Verifying the two-point arc tally per game requires manual checking against the official match reports. Until that's complete this block is intentionally blank rather than estimated.
02

The scoring engine

Season totals across 12 verified games

Top scorers

Luke Loughlin free-taker
4-33 (45)
across 8 games
Sam McCartan free-taker
0-35 (35)
across 11 games
Brandon Kelly
3-20 (29)
across 6 games
Ronan Wallace
2-18 (24)
across 8 games
Matthew Whittaker
2-18 (24)
across 8 games
Shane Corcoran
3-10 (19)
across 6 games
03

Results in 2026

League and championship · chronological · 12 games
NFL D3 R12026-01-25
SligoTEG Cusack Park
2-14 – 1-1620 – 19
Win +1
NFL D3 R22026-02-01
ClareZimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, Ennis
2-19 – 1-1725 – 20
Win +5
NFL D3 R32026-02-14
DownPáirc Esler, Newry
1-15 – 2-1518 – 21
Loss -3
NFL D3 R42026-02-22
FermanaghTEG Cusack Park
1-26 – 2-1129 – 17
Win +12
NFL D3 R52026-02-28
LaoisLaois Hire O'Moore Park
1-13 – 3-1616 – 25
Loss -9
NFL D3 R62026-03-15
LimerickTEG Cusack Park
4-21 – 3-833 – 17
Win +16
NFL D3 R72026-03-22
WexfordChadwicks Wexford Park
1-18 – 2-1621 – 22
Loss -1
Leinster Preliminary round2026-04-12
LongfordGlennon Brothers Pearse Park
5-25 – 1-1640 – 19
Win +21
Leinster QF2026-04-19
MeathGlenisk O'Connor Park, Tullamore
4-18 – 0-2530 – 25
Win +5
Leinster SF2026-05-03
KildareGlenisk O'Connor Park, Tullamore ([GAA.ie](https://www.gaa.ie/football/leinster-gaa-football-senior-championship/kildare-westmeath/b8b32137-c8f8-429e-a11b-23ede2b2790a))
2-21 – 0-2327 – 23
Win +4
Leinster Final2026-05-17
DublinPáirc An Chrócaigh
2-28 – 0-2634 – 26
Win +8
Sam Maguire R12026-05-30
CavanTEG Cusack Park, Westmeath
1-31 – 3-2134 – 30 · AET
Win +4
04

Squad & rotation

Across 11 games with verified line-up data
67
Players used (with lineup data)
0
Started every recorded game
11
Games with lineup data

Rotation matrix, started · benched · missed

NFLLeinsterSam Maguire
PlayerR1R2R3R5R6R7Prelim rQFSFFR1Starts
Charlie Drumm10/11
Matthew Whittaker10/11
Ronan Wallace10/11
Shane Allen9/11
Ray Connellan8/11
Sam McCartan8/11
Jason Daly7/11
Shane Corcoran7/11
Tadhg Baker7/11
Luke Loughlin7/11
Brandon Kelly6/11
Brían Cooney6/11
Daniel Scahill6/11
Kevin O’Sullivan6/11
Conor Dillon5/11
Danny McCartan4/11
Boidu Sayeh4/11
Danny Scahill4/11
Jonathan Lynam4/11
Kevin O'Sullivan4/11
Senan Baker3/11
Tom Molloy2/11
Brian Cooney2/11
Jack Connaughton2/11
Robbie Forde1/11
Jack Duncan1/11
TJ Cox1/11
Brian Guerin1/11
Harry Niall1/11
Shane Ormsby1/11
B Guerin1/11
B Sayeh1/11
C Drumm1/11
Conor McCormack1/11
D McCartan [Munster GAA](https://munster.gaa.ie/event/2026-allianz-football-league-division-3-clare-v-westmeath/)1/11
D Scahill1/11
J Connaughton1/11
J Lynam1/11
K O’Sullivan1/11
L Loughlin1/11
M Whittaker1/11
R Connellan1/11
R Wallace1/11
S Baker1/11
S McCartan1/11
Sam McCarten1/11
Sam Smyth1/11
T Baker1/11
Adam Treanor0/11
Eoghan McCabe0/11
John Heslin0/11
Adam Treanor for Dillon0/11
B Cooney0/11
Corcoran for Martin0/11
Corcoran for Ormsby0/11
Danny McCartan for S Baker0/11
Eoghan McCabe for Corcoran0/11
Ian Martin0/11
John Heslin for Whittaker0/11
O’Sullivan for McCabe0/11
R Forde0/11
Robbie Forde for O’Sullivan0/11
S Allen (73) [Munster GAA]0/11
Shane Ormsby for Whittaker0/11
T Molloy0/11
T.J. Cox0/11
Whittaker for Kelly0/11
Started Off the bench Not in squad Right column: starts / games played
05

Discipline

Cards across 2026
Discipline data, being verified. Yellow, red and black card data is rarely published in gaa.ie match reports; we're cross-checking against county-board reports.
06

Trajectory

'24 → '25 → '26
Trajectory, awaiting editorial read. Two-year arc, what changed, what's coming next. This block is left for Rory to write rather than auto-generated from past-season data we haven't verified to the same standard as 2026.