Antrim 6-21 Derry 1-10 Antrim booked their place in another ESB Ulster MHC final after breezing by Derry in Casement Park last Sunday evening by a massive 26 points. Derry more than matched their opponents for the opening ten minutes as they lead the Saffrons 0-4 to 0-3, but Peter Dallat's goal moments later made way for Danny McGrellis' side's downfall. The hosts limited Derry to just two points for the remainder of the half, while hitting a further 3-7 to take in a lead of 3-11 to 0-6 in at the interval. Christopher Quinn, who finished with 1-8, hit an early free from the restart but Derry would be thrown a minor life-line inside the first quarter of the half. A Mark McCormack goal on 43 minutes gave the Oak Leafers a glimmer of hope, but Dallat set up Turlough McCarry for a goal before adding a green flag himself for the Saffrons to sink any chance of a comeback spoiling their ambitions of landing a 50th provincial title when they face Down in two weeks. Antrim - E Gillian; C Kearns, C McClelland, C McKinley; T McCloskey (1-0), S Shannon (0-3 '65s'), M Lynch; A Downey (0-1), C Rocks (0-2); C Quinn (1-8), P Dallat (1-1), A Cosgrove (0-1); K McDonnell (0-1), M Dallat (2-1), G Laverty. Subs: T McAllister for M Lynch, M Devlin for (0-3) for K McDonnell, E Laverty for A Cosgrove, T McCarry (0-1) for G Laverty, P McKeague for C for C Kearns Derry - K McDermott; D Flanagan, D O'Neill, B McGilligan; C Guy, B Glass, E McKillion; S McCloskey (0-1), D McCloskey; G O'Kane (0-8), P Kelly, A Grant; S Farren, L Hawkins, P Cleary (0-1). Subs - M McCormack (1-0) for Glass, B Herron for Kelly; C Herron for Grant, B Glass for Farrell, P McKenna for Guy Referee: T Mahon (Fermanagh) Tweet

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