COUNTY senior star Patrick McBrearty hit 0-7 as Donegal cruised to a six-point win over Tyrone in Omagh this evening in the Cadbury U-21 Ulster Football Championship.
Donegal will now play Derry in the semi-finals.
Stiofán Tierney hit the Red Hands’ goal 26 minutes into the first half as they trailed by 0-8 to 1-3 at the break.
But Donegal finished strongly and Tyrone had Richard Donnelly sent off in injury time at the end of the match.
Elsewhere Derry had a big win over Antrim in Casement Park, with Aaron Devlin (2) and Ryan Duggan hitting first half goals as the Oak Leafers led by 3-3 to 0-5 at the break. Owen Gallagher hit back with a goal for the home side in the second half, but Derry settled the outcome when Chris Spiers added their fourth late in the game.
At the Athletic Grounds, Down enjoyed a three-point win over Armagh. The Mourne men led by 0-7 to 0-1 at the break and were six clear in the closing stages when Aiden Forker grabbed a consolation goal for Armagh.
There was plenty of drama in the final game of the night as Cavan saw off Monaghan’s challenge after extra-time. With the sides locked at 1-9 apiece at the end of normal time, Cavan powered ahead in extra-time to set up a semi-final meeting with Down on April 3.
Tyrone scorers: S Tierney 1-0, D McCurry 0-3, R O’Neill 0-2 (2f), C Grugan 0-1
Donegal scorers: P McBrearty 0-7 (4f), C Gibbons 0-3 (1f), D O’Connor, L Keeney, O MacNiallais, E Hugh, W Gillespie 0-1 each
Tyrone: M McReynolds, R Loughran, C Clarke, HP McGeary, S Tierney, D Quinn, J Munroe, R Donnelly, C Grugan, L Gervin, R O’Neill, N Sludden, D McCurry, P McNulty, R Devlin.
Subs: T McCarron for McGeary, H Conlan for Devlin, K McGeary for McNulty, T Canavan for Tierney, E Deeney for Munroe
Donegal: P Boyle, K McFadden, C Cannon, P Carr, E McHugh, M O’Reilly, C Parke, C Ward, L Keeney, L Kelly, C Gibbons, R McHugh, W Gillespie, P McBrearty, P MacNiallais.
Subs: D O’Connor for Carr, G Gallagher for Gillespie, Carr for Parke
Referee: N Mooney (Cavan).
Results:
Derry 4-12 Antrim 1-9
Down 0-11 Armagh 1-5
Tyrone 1-6 Donegal 0-15
Monaghan 1-12 Cavan 1-16 (AET)
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