Carlow 5-17 Westmeath 1-10:CARLOW WERE complete masters over Westmeath at Dr Cullen Park yesterday, as the home county collected their first league points.

Carlow led 1-3 to nil after 10 minutes, their goal coming from Craig Doyle.

By half time they were 3-7 to 0-7 clear and Westmeath were down to 14 men after Paul Greville had received two yellow cards.

CARLOW:K Kehoe; A Corcoran, D Shaw, E Nolan; E Coady, J Rogers, R Coady (0-6, five frees, one 65); C Hughes (0-1), D Roberts (1-1); C Doyle (1-1), M Brennan (0-1), D English (0-1); A Gaule (0-1), E Byrne, P Kehoe (2-5, 1-0 pen, four frees). Subs:D Byrne (1-0) for E Byrne (50 mins), B Lawler for Brennan (60 mins).

WESTMEATH:P Burke; G Gavin, D McCormack, E Price; A Price, A Mitchell (0-4, frees), P Greville; J Clarke, E Loughlin; A Dowdall (0-1), J Shaw, K Cosgrove; D Carthy (0-2), P Dowdall, C Curley. Subs:D McNicholas (0-1) for Price (half-time); B Murtagh (1-2, 1-1 frees) for Loughlin, N Flanagan for Curley (47 mins), C Gilsenan for Clarke (47 mins).

Referee:T Ryan (Tipperary).