Derry v Clare

Rory Gallagher's Ulster champions face the Banner in the first of this weekend's quarter-final clashes.

Jamie Malone’s winner then sealed a place in the last eight for the Banner. Shane McGuigan posts an early wide for Derry and the windy conditions will make life difficult for both sets of attackers. Niall Loughlin converts the free and Derry are off the mark after six minutes Derry lead by four after 10 minutes Clare badly need a score to settle into the game. Conor Glass rifles the ball into the net after playing a neat one-two with Ethan Doherty! Derry are well on top in the early stages of this quarter-final clash.

Croke Park is the setting as Ulster champions Derry take on Clare in the first of the quarter-finals.

Derry in search of a sixth goal. Another poor Clare kickout falls to McGuigan, who this time tries to find an empty with a deft chip from the ground. He then gets in behind the Clare defence, is through on goal, but opts for a point instead.

The Ulster champions meet underdogs Clare in Croke Park, follow the action with Eamon Donoghue . . .

Derry punish a poor Clare kickout with some quick hands and then a smart finish! Clare 0-1 Derry 2-2 (21′) Paul Cassidy fists wide from close range when a goal chance might have even been on. The Clare kickout that follows is a good one, finding Jamie Malone down the right wing . Clare create the overlap and from a tight angle Pearse Lillis picks out the top corner! HT Clare 1-3 Derry 3-6 A brilliant point from Eoin Cleary is exactly what Clare needed after the goal. Paul Cassidy buries a shot into the roof of the net after an excellent pass from McGuigan in the tackle. Clare 1-2 Derry 2-6 (32′) McGuigan adds another. The second half is underway and it could be a long one for Clare unless they can kick some early scores! Centre back Gareth McKinless then shows his gears to tear through the Clare defence at the other end and rifle in a fourth goal. Clare 2-7 Derry 5-13 (65′) There’s so much space in the Clare full back line now and McGuigan is picking them apart. Clare 1-3 Derry 4-7 (40′) Derry centre forward Shea Downey makes a terrific block at one end. But Derry’s reply is ruthless, McCluskey joins the attack again and plays a backdoor handpass to McGuigan who grabs goal number five. McGuigan from the edge of the D then kicks a lovely point.

Throw-in for the first part of today's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final double-header is at 3.45pm.

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Dublin are on collision course with Kerry in the semi-finals if both teams win their quarter-final ties. Kerry are bidding to add a record-extending 38th title to the history books after Jack O’Connor’s team comfortably progressed from the Munster Senior Football Championship. The Green and Gold last won the Sam Maguire Cup in 2014. We’re down to the last eight teams in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Tyrone, last season’s champions, are already out of the running so we know for a fact that the Sam Maguire Cup will be changing hands.

Rory Gallagher's Ulster champions face the Banner in the first of this weekend's quarter-final clashes.

Jamie Malone’s winner then sealed a place in the last eight for the Banner. Shane McGuigan posts an early wide for Derry and the windy conditions will make life difficult for both sets of attackers. Niall Loughlin converts the free and Derry are off the mark after six minutes Derry lead by four after 10 minutes Clare badly need a score to settle into the game. Conor Glass rifles the ball into the net after playing a neat one-two with Ethan Doherty! Derry are well on top in the early stages of this quarter-final clash.

Throw-in for the first part of today's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final double-header is at 3.45pm.

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But they had two by the 13th minute as inevitability hung over the outcome from that early stage amid a flat Croke Park atmosphere that is typical of curtain raisers. In a move that mirrored that which led to Lillis’s goal at the other end, McGuigan placed Paul Cassidy to rifle past O’Callaghan from a narrow angle in first half injury time as Derry led 3-6 to 1-3 at the break and were well on their way to a first semi-final in 18 years. Their bubble soon burst, however.

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Clare finally got off the mark through an Eoin Cleary free two minutes later but any glimmer of hope flickered out for the Banner just before the break when a Pearse Lillis goal in the 33rd minute was wiped out in injury-time when Paul Cassidy found the net to ease Derry into a 3-6 to 1-3 interval cushion. Two first quarter goals effectively tore up Clare’s gameplan as having frustrated Derry to four early wides, Colm Collins side coughed up two goals in the space of four minutes through Benny Heron and Conor Glass at 2-2 to 0-0 by the 13th minute. Despite being Clare’s second outing in Croke Park in the space of three weeks, it was Derry who appeared far more familiar to their new surroundings as the renowned defensive kingpins got to show off their offensive ruthlessness as well.