Donegal 1-6 Kerry 0-7
The Donegal Masters team booked their spot in the All-Ireland Masters Final with a hard-fought win over Kerry in Claregalway on Saturday.
It was a tough battle for Eddie Crawford’s side and they had to show a lot of character to come through it.
Red Hughs clubman Damien Browne scored four points in the first half for Donegal as they established a 0-4 to 0-3 lead.
Browne notched another two after the break while Killybegs man Benny Boyle came up trumps with a crucial goal.
Donegal lost in the Dr Mick Loftus Final last year but will be hoping for better luck this time around.
Crawford’s charges will take on Dublin, who made light work of Waterford on Saturday.
Donegal: Karl O’Brien; Conor McShane, Eamon Ward, Eugene Maguire; Martin Donaghey, Gerard Melaugh, Gary Dunnion; Paddy McNulty, Brian Doherty; Stephen Coyle, Ciaran Scanlon, Damien Browne (0-6); Brendan Boyle (1-0), Shaun Maguire, Gerard McBrearty. Subs: Enda Bonner, John Boyle, Shane Bradley, Micheal Canning, Gavin Doherty, Kieran Doherty, Patrick Doohan, Aiden Duddy, Chris Gallagher, Richard Gillespie, Ronan Lowther, Nicky McGarrigle, Brian McLaughlin, Andrew McNamee, Brendan McGarvey, Laurence McMullan, David McShane, Steven Nairn, Brendan Quinn, Leon Thompson.
Kerry: Martin Hewitt; Timmy O’Leary, Mike Joe Kelleher, Gary O’Donoghue; Eoghan Lawlor, Jeremy King, Eanna Kavanagh; Daniel O’Sullivan, Don Murphy; Michael J O’Driscoll, Sean O’Sullivan, Bernard Kelly (0-1); Thomas McGoldrick, Frank Ó Rahilly, John Buckley (0-3, 2fs). Subs: Colm Brosnan, Colm Casey, Sean Costelloe, Shane Dennehy, John Enright, James Gallwey, Gene Griffin (0-1), Denis Kennelly, Flor McAuliffe (0-1), Michael Murphy, Michael A Murphy, John Sheehan (0-1).