Cork 5-23

Waterford 0-7

Cork will renew acquaintances with holders Kerry in next Thursday's Munster U20FC final following a 31-point victory over Waterford in Clonakilty this evening.

Three goals in a blistering five-minute first-half spell set Keith Ricken's side up for a comfortable success in front of 983 spectators at the West Cork venue.

They came one after the other from full-forward line trio Mark Cronin, Cathal O'Mahony and Damien Gore who contributed 3-11 between them over the hour.

Waterford were 0-7 to 0-2 in arrears before Cronin opened the floodgates and things went from bad to worse for the Deise as they trailed by 3-12 to 0-2 at the interval.

The one-way traffic continued after the break with substitutes Jack McCarthy and Colm O'Callaghan compounding Waterford's woes with further goals in the 44th and 60th minutes respectively.

Cork - J O’Keeffe; M O’Mahony (0-1), M Shanley, P Ring; G O’Donovan (0-2), S Hickey, P O’Driscoll (0-2); B Hartnett (0-1), E O’Hanlon; C Barrett (0-1), B Murphy (0-1), M Hodnett (0-2, 1f); M Cronin (1-3), C O’Mahony (1-5, 1f), D Gore (1-3). Subs: J McCarthy (1-0) for G O’Donovan, J Murphy (0-1) for B Murphy, C O’Callaghan (1-0) for C Barrett, D Buckley for C O’Mahony, D O’Connell for E O’Hanlon, F Herlihy (0-1) for B Hartnett.

Waterford - J Coffey; R Power, R Stringer, L Fennell; M Twomey, T Barron, S Fitzgerald; D Booth, B Lynch; S Whelan Barrett (0-1), S Curry (0-1), B Power (0-1); D O’Keeffe, L Walsh, D Corcoran (0-4, 1f). Subs: B Hynes for R Power, J Walsh for L Walsh, D Power for B Power, J Fitzgerald for D Booth, D Beresford for D O’Keeffe, D Cullinane for R Stringer. 

Referee - S Joy.

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