Donegal 1-25 Derry 1-15
Donegal got their Ulster campaign off to a flyer with a nine point win over Derry in MacCumhaill Park.
With a breeze in their favour, it took Donegal a while to get going and they owed Shaun Patton for a brilliant double save for a penalty.
At 0-5 apiece, Daire Ó Baoill kicked two super two pointers as Paddy McBrearty and Michael Murphy added frees to go six ahead.
Derry halved that deficit with a goal from Dan Higgins but Ó Baoill responded with a goal of his own.
HALF TIME: Donegal 1-12 Derry 1-5
Derry started well after the restart with two pointers from Conor Doherty and Brendan Rogers, but Donegal grabbed control as they hit the next seven scores, three from McBrearty.
McBrearty hit three more as Derry kicked three frees, but substitutes Oisin Gallen and Jamie Brennan put gloss on the score line.
Donegal will face Monaghan in Clones in the quarter-final on Sunday, April 20.
Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finnbarr Roarty (0-1), Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan (0-2); Ryan McHugh (0-1), Caolan McGonagle, Odhran McFadden-Ferry; Hugh McFadden, Ciaran Thompson; Daire Ó Baoill (1-4, 2tp), Shane O’Donnell (0-2), Ciaran Moore (0-2); Patrick McBrearty (0-7, 3fs), Michael Murphy (0-2, 1f), Conor O’Donnell (0-2).
Subs: Mark Curran, Oisin Gallen (0-1), Jamie Brennan (0-1), Jason McGee, Niall O’Donnell.
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