Antrim and Down will meet in the Ulster U21 hurling final after wins over Derry and Armagh respectively.

In tonight's semi-finals, the Ardsmen defeated Armagh by 3-24 to 3-7 at Newry, while the Glensmen roared to a 3-23 to 0-10 victory over Derry in Ballycastle.

Ciaran Clarke had the Saffrons up and running with a goal after 70 seconds and substitute Saul McCaughan added two second-half majors as they eased into the decider.

With the neighbouring counties notching 6-47 between them tonight, it looks like the final could be a high-scoring affair!

Antrim - C Butler; T O'Ciarain, P Burke, F Donnelly; J McGreevy, E Campbell, M Bradley (0-2); D McGuinness (0-1), M Dudley; D McCloskey (0-3), R McCambridge (0-2), N McKenna (0-3); C Clarke (1-7, 0-2f, 1'65), J O'Connell (0-2), Stephen McAfee. Subs: Sean McAfee for Stephen McAfee, N McNaughton for D McGuinness, S McCaughan (2-1) for D McCloskey, C McNaughton (0-2) for J McGreevy, S Rooney for N McKenna.

Derry - M Taggart; E Crossan, N Farren, N McCallion; R Farren, B McGilligan, M Warnock; T McCloskey (0-1), B Douban; N O'Neill, J O'Dwyer (0-3), P Bradley; T O'Kane (0-1), S Farren (0-5f), L Murphy. Sub: P McSorley for N McCallion.

Referee - J Clarke.

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Down - S Savage; B Byers, R Brannigan, G O'Neill; J McGrath, C O'Neill (0-1), M McCullough; J McManus (0-3), S Mageean; P Mason (0-9, 5f), B Nicholson (2-1), L Savage (0-1); C Fitzsimmons, M Nicholson (1-2), E Sands (0-4). Subs: J Doran (0-2) for C Fitzsimmons, J Crowe for S Savage, D Gilliland for M McCullough, D Freer (0-1) for G O'Neill.

Armagh - L McGrane; M McAvoy, P Duffy, P McKearney; N Anscombe, S Renaghan, C McAnallen (0-1f); N Green (0-2f), T Lennon; G McKeown, T Nevin (1-0), C Duffy (0-2); D McKenna (1-0), D McCreesh, C Gorman (1-1). Subs: R Conway for T Lennon, C Farrell (0-1) for D McCreesh, J Brennan for P McKearney, N Gannon for C Duffy.

Referee - O Elliott. Tweet

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