Cork 1-12
Kerry 1-9

Holders Cork booked their place in this year's Munster U21 final courtesy of a hard earned victory over arch rivals Kerry in Pairc Ui Rinn tonight.

Sean Hayes' side, who struggled over Limerick last week, were quick out of the traps and raced into a 1-2 to 0-0 lead after just seven minutes thanks to Sean O'Donoghue's goal.

Jack Savage opened the Kingdom's account in the 12th minute but three minutes later Savage's participation was brought to a premature end after he was shown a black card following a foul on Kevin Crowley.

The signs looked ominous for Darragh O Se's charges at that stage but then, and very much against the run of play, Conor Keane netted them a lifeline of a goal and they trailed by 1-2 to 0-4 at the change of ends.

The second half exchanges were evenly contested but points from Sean White and Conor Horgan eased the Rebels into a 1-10 to 1-8 lead with 10 minutes left on the clock and the team in red and white finished with a flourish.

Points from captain Brian O'Driscoll and Conor Horgan secured their place in the provincial decider where they will face Tipperary who got the better of Clare on a scoreline of 0-15 to 0-7 tonight.

Cork - M Martin; M McSweeney, J Davis, S Cronin; T O'Rourke, S White (0-2), K Crowley; A O'Donovan, D Murphy; K Davis, B O'Driscoll (0-1), D O'Callaghan; C Vaughan (0-4, 3f), P Kelleher (0-2), S O'Donoghue (1-1). Subs: D Quinn for K Crowley, M Hurley for D O'Callaghan, C Horgan (0-2) for K Davis, C Kiely for M McSweeney.

Kerry - S Ryan; C Coffey, G Crowley, B O Beaglaoich; R Murphy, D Daly, C O Luing; J Barry, B O'Sullivan; B Crowley (0-1), J Savage (0-1f), M Burns; M Flaherty, D Roche, C Keane (1-7, 0-6f). Subs: G Horan for J Savage (BC), K McCarthy for M Burns, C Murphy for D Daly, E O Conchuir for B Crowley, L Carey for E O Conchuir (BC).

Referee - D O'Mahoney.

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