Donegal 3-10
Fermanagh 0-6
PATRICK MCBREARTY HELPED inspire Donegal to reach the Ulster U21 semi-final tonight but they will have to wait to discover the identity of their opponents after Armagh and Antrim finished all square.
Donegal proved too strong for Fermanagh in Ballybofey but had to overcome a slow start to triumph. Eddie Courtney’s excellent play helped Fermanagh move into a 0-5 to 0-2 lead.
But Donegal were boosted by a Willie Gillespie goal and then Ciaran Brennan found the net before half-time to ensure they were ahead 2-4 to 0-5 at the midway mark.
Donegal continued to dominate in the second-half with McBrearty excelling and he rounded off their victory by firing home their third goal.
Scorers for Donegal: Patrick McBrearty 1-7 (0-3f, 1-0 pen), Ciaran Brennan, Willie Gillespie 1-0 each; Ryan McHugh, Hugh McFadden, Ciaran Thompson 0-1 each.Scorers for Fermanagh: Eddie Courtney 0-3, 3f; Louis Leonard, Thomas McCaffrey, Eoin McManus (f) 0-1 each.
DONEGAL: Joe Coll; Conor Parke, Ciaran Brennan, Andrew McCloskey; Eoin McHugh, Ryan McHugh, Gavin Gallagher; Brendan McNelis, Hugh McFadden;Marty O’Reilly, Patrick McBrearty, Eunan Doherty; Dara Mulgrew, Ciaran Thompson, William Gillespie.
Subs: Lorcan Connor for Mulgrew 40; Gary Clancy for McNelis 48; Barry Griffin for Doherty 54; Ciaran Cannon for E McHugh 55.
FERMANAGH: Paddy Sweeney; Kevin McDonnell, Che Cullen, Eoin Hamill; Niall Shannon, Lee Cullen, Sean McManus; Ryan Lyons, Ryan Hyde; Daniel Teague, Ruairi Corrigan, Louis Leonard; Thomas McCaffrey, Eddie Courtney, Eoin McManus.
Subs: Leight Jones for McCaffrey 28; J Allen for Lyons 39; B McAleer for McManus 47; N Carson for S McManus 60.
Referee: Donal Connolly (Monaghan)
Armagh 1-20
Antrim 3-14
ANTRIM FOUGHT BACK to draw with Armagh after extra-time to secure a draw at the Athletic Grounds tonight.
The Saffrons came back from seven points down with two minutes left of normal time to level.
Armagh let slip a six-point lead in extra-time as Antrim’s second fightback secured a replay next Wednesday.
Antrim had got an early boost when Ronan McGrady struck a penalty to the net to put them 1-2 to 0-2 ahead after 15 minutes.
But Armagh drew level at 1-2 to 0-5 at the interval and then Ethan Rafferty blasted home a 42nd minute penalty for Armagh.
It looked like Armagh would win comfortably but two late goals from full-forward McGrady helped Antrim draw level at 1-14 to 3-8.
And in extra-time Antrim battled back again to secure a replay.
ARMAGH: N McCoy; M Finnegan, S Kelly, S Freeman; D O’Neill, D O’Hagan, P Crilly; A Findon, E Rafferty (1-2, pen, ‘a 45′); P McGeown (0-6, 2f), M McKenna (0-2), C Comiskey (0-2, 2f); A Nugent, C O’Hanlon (0-2), C McNally
Subs: C Boyle for Freeman (BC, 11), E English (0-4) for McNally (28), J McElroy for Finnegan (42), J Hall (0-2) for Nugent (48), E Burns for O’Neill (66)
ANTRIM: R Hanna; C O’Rawe, N Delargy, C McCann; M McGarry, C Hamill, E Killough; O Gallagher, D Nugent; R Murray (0-6), K Quinn (0-1), D McAleese; P McBride (0-1), R McGrady (3-4, pen, 2f), L McCurdy
Subs: D McCann for C McCann (20), F O’Neill for McGarry (38), R McCann (0-2) for McCurdy (42), R Lynch for Nugent (45), M Lappin for Hamill (48), P Nugent for Quinn (53)
Referee: Cathal O’Hagan (Tyrone)
