All-Ireland quarter-finals: Derry and Dublin advance to last four with Croke Park wins

Derry will face Kerry in the All-Ireland Football semi-finals after the Ulster county beat Cork 1-12 to 1-8 in the quarter-final at Croke Park.

The Ulster champions led 0-6 to 0-5 after an edgy first half and stretched that lead to four before Rory Maguire's goal rekindled Cork's hopes.

However, Conor Doherty hit back with a goal 54 seconds later as Derry saw the game out at Croke Park in fine fashion.

Dublin hammered Mayo to set up a semi-final meeting with Monaghan.

The Dubs produced a brilliant second-half performance to blow away their rivals in Sunday's second quarter-final, with two-goal Colm Basquel starring in the Leinster champions' 2-17 to 0-11 success.

However, with the two Sunday winners avoiding each other in the semi-final draw, Derry can look forward to an exciting championship showdown with the reigning champions while Dublin take on Monaghan, who are back in the last four for the first time since 2018.

Kerry had proved too strong for Tyrone while Monaghan broke Armagh hearts in a dramatic penalty shootout in Saturday's quarter-finals.

With Derry - in the semi-finals for the second year in a row - and Monaghan kept apart because they played each other earlier in the championship, it leaves the possibility of a first all-Ulster All-Ireland final since Tyrone beat rivals Armagh in 2003.

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While Derry are unlikely to get overly excited by the performance, they did enough to secure their semi-final berth and continue a smooth progression through 2023 after earning promotion to Division Two, retaining the Ulster title and topping the All-Ireland round-robin group.

When Derry met Clare in last year's quarter-final, the Ulster champions ran riot with three first-half goals helping them establish a nine-point lead at the break, but they were given a much sterner examination by Cork during a cagey rerun of the 1993 All-Ireland final.

Derry did manage to keep their noses in front for much of the opening 35 minutes. While Colm O'Callaghan opened Cork's account early on, a couple of Shane McGuigan frees and an Ethan Doherty score from play put Ciaran Meenagh's side in the ascendancy.

After a '45 from in-form Cork forward Steven Sherlock, Derry reeled off another three successive scores, two of which came from the lively Paul Cassidy before Doherty recorded his second of the afternoon.

Cork initially struggled to make the most of their forays forward, but with Derry's scores running dry after the 26th minute, the Rebels hauled themselves back into proceedings with Ruairi Deane, Sherlock and Kevin O'Donovan raising white flags to make it a one-point game at the break.

Derry quickly puncture Cork hopes

Following a largely uneventful first half, there was hope that the tempo would pick up upon the resumption but Derry quickly strengthened their grip with Niall Loughlin, Ciaran McFaul and McGuigan extending the advantage to four.

But Cork were beginning to pose a threat, and after Brian O'Driscoll shot wide when presented with a goal chance, Maguire made no such mistake as he palmed Conor Corbett's pass over the onrushing Odhran Lynch to breathe new life into Cork's challenge.

Maguire's goal brought John Cleary's men back to within one, but their hopes were swiftly and ruthlessly shattered by an unflustered Derry unit, who quickly worked the ball up the field from the restart, the move ending in a fine finish to the bottom corner from Doherty in the 49th minute.

Rory Maguire's goal briefly brought Cork back into the game before Derry hit back

That was a brutal blow for Cork, who were unable to mount another fightback, and while Doherty spurned a chance to score his second goal before McGuigan saw his injury-time penalty saved by Micheal Aodh Martin, Derry managed to see the game out.

Prior to the game, the GAA confirmed that Hawk-Eye would not be in operation after malfunctioning during Monaghan's win over Armagh on Saturday, but thankfully there were no contentious scores in the opening game of Sunday's double-header.

While top scorer McGuigan was restricted to four frees, Gareth McKinless, Brendan Rogers and Paul Cassidy all impressed for Derry, who will look to avenge last year's semi-final defeat by Galway when they return to Croke Park in a fortnight.

Line-ups and scorers

Derry: Odhran Lynch; Chrissy McKaigue, Eoghan McEvoy, Conor McCluskey; Conor Doherty (1-0), Gareth McKinless, Padraig McGrogan; Conor Glass, Brendan Rogers (0-2); Niall Toner, Paul Cassidy (0-2), Ethan Doherty (0-2); Ciaran McFaul (0-1), Shane McGuigan (0-4f), Niall Loughlin (0-1).

Subs: Benny Heron for N Toner (45), Lachlan Murray for N Loughlin (56), Padraig Cassidy for C McFaul (58), Shea Downey for E McEvoy (66), Paul McNeill for E Doherty (70+3)

Cork: Micheal Aodh Martin; Maurice Shanley, Rory Maguire (1-0), Tommy Walsh; Kevin O'Donovan (0-1), Daniel O'Mahony, Matty Taylor; Colm O'Callaghan (0-2), Ian Maguire; Brian O'Driscoll, Ruairi Deane (0-1), Killian O'Hanlon; Sean Powter, Steven Sherlock (0-2, 1 '45), Conor Corbett.

Subs: Eoghan McSweeney (0-1) for K O'Hanlon (39), Chris Og Jones (0-1) for S Powter (50), Brian Hurley for S Sherlock (56), John O'Rourke for B O'Driscoll (59), Paul Walsh for R Deane (65).

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Basquel stars as Dubs hammer Mayo

Colm Basquel continued his excellent form by hitting 2-2 as Dublin issued an emphatic statement of intent against Mayo

Like Kerry on Saturday, Dublin laid down a serious marker as a ruthless second-half display lifted them to a hugely impressive victory over National League champions Mayo.

Mayo, who had been buoyed by beating Connacht rivals Galway in last week's preliminary quarter-final, started well with Ryan O'Donoghue knocking over five points in the opening 25 minutes.

However, Basquel's superb first goal - scored after he caught a high ball and shook off Jack Coyne before rifling a shot to the Mayo net - helped Dublin lead 1-6 to 0-8 at the break.

Mayo also had the ball in the back of the net in the first half, but Jordan Flynn's fine individual effort was ruled out after he was deemed to have lifted the ball off the ground with his knees.

Mayo's hopes were alive but not for long. Dublin came flying out of the traps in the second half, hitting an unanswered 1-4 including Basquel's second major to leave Kevin McStay's side's dreams of reaching the last four hanging by a thread.

Eoghan McLaughlin missed a huge goal chance for Mayo with 20 minutes left when he fired against the post with the Dublin goal gaping after O'Donoghue's shot was blocked.

And from there, Dublin showed their class and experience in managing high-pressure championship situations as they kept the scoreboard ticking over to eventually prevail by 12 points - matching Kerry's margin of victory over Tyrone.

In addition to Basquel's outstanding display, James McCarthy was rock-solid for the Dubs while Cormac Costello finished with 0-5. Dessie Farrell was able to introduce Ciaran Kilkenny, Jack McCaffrey and Dean Rock from the bench in a reminder of the firepower available to the Dublin boss.

While Mayo can reflect on a promising first year under McStay, with a Division One title in the bag, Dublin seem to have hit top form at the perfect time as they bid to lift the Sam Maguire Cup for the first time since 2020.

Line-ups and scorers

Dublin: Stephen Cluxton; David Byrne, Mick Fitzsimons, Lee Gannon; James McCarthy (0-2), John Small, Eoin Murchan; Brian Fenton (0-1), Brian Howard; Paul Mannion (0-2), Sean Bugler, Niall Scully; Cormac Costello (0-5, 3fs), Con O'Callaghan (0-2), Colm Basquel (2-2)

Subs: Jack McCaffrey for Murchan (45), Ciaran Kilkenny (0-1) for Bugler (47), Paddy Small (0-1) for Scully (54), Tom Lahiff for Costello (66), Dean Rock (0-1) for Basquel (70).

Mayo: Colm Reape (0-1 '45); Jack Coyne, David McBrien, Padraig O'Hora; Paddy Durcan (0-1), Stephen Coen, Eoghan McLaughlin; Matty Ruane, Diarmuid O'Connor; Sam Callinan, Jack Carney, Jordan Flynn (0-1); Aidan O'Shea (0-1f), Tommy Conroy (0-2), Ryan O'Donoghue (0-5, 2fs).

Subs: Enda Hession for O'Hora (31), Cillian O'Connor for O'Shea (46), Kevin McLoughlin for McLaughlin (52), James Carr for Ruane (58), Donnacha McHugh for Coen (58), Jason Doherty for Callinan (68).

Referee: David Gough (Meath)