St Jude's will face southside rivals Kilmacud Crokes in the Dublin SFC final after pulling off a shock 2-11 to 0-8 victory over St Vincent's at Parnell Park.

Despite leaving Diarmuid Connolly out of their starting XV, holders St Vincent's raced into an early four-point lead before a fisted goal from Padraic Clarke in the 24th minute turned the game in the underdogs' favour. They went on to lead by 1-6 to 0-5 at the interval and never looked back after Seamus Ryan added a second goal after the restart.

Jude's, who also caused a surprise in the quarter-final by knocking out Ballymun Kickhams, will now face a Crokes side who beat Ballyboden St Enda's in the first semi-final yesterday.

Dr Crokes are the first team through to the Kerry SFC final after accounting for Kerins O'Rahilly's by 2-19 to 2-10 at Austin Stack Park. Gavin O'Brien's brace of goals ensured O'Rahilly's of parity at the break, 2-5 to 0-11, but a Jordan Kiely brace after the restart propelled the 2017 All-Ireland club champions to a comfortable win.

Dr Crokes’ Jordan Kiely. ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson.

In the other semi-final, David Clifford scored 2-4 for East Kerry as they drew 2-10 to 1-13 with Dingle. County defender Tom O'Sullivan scored a late point to force a replay for Dingle.

The Limerick SHC final will be contested by Na Piarsaigh and Doon after they overcame Kilmallock and Patrickswell respectively at the Gaelic Grounds.

In the first game, wing back Denis Moloney's late point handed Doon a dramatic 2-17 to 0-22 victory over Patrickswell, while Adrian Breen and Shane Dowling scored 2-1 and 0-7 respectively as champions Na Piarsaigh saw off Kilmallock by 2-19 to 2-15.

In Westmeath, county footballer Luke Loughlin scored a late goal as Clonkill dethroned Castletown-Geoghegan on a 2-18 to 5-7 scoreline to set up another Examiner Cup showdown with Raharney, who were winners over Lough Lene Gaels in the first of the semi-finals at TEG Cusack Park.

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