Donegal Under-21s take on Cavan at Brewster Park, Enniskillen, tonight in the re-arranged Ulster U21 semi-final – and we’ll have all the action here.
FT: Donegal 3-17 Cavan 0-13
59 GOAL for Donegal as Caolan McGonagle bats home from close range. 3-17 to 0-12 here now.
52 – Niall O’Donnell in on the act with a free. Donegal lead 2-17 to 0-9
This has been some display by Donegal. They lead now 2-16 to 0-9
47 – Black card for Michael Carroll.
45 – GOAL for Donegal by Michael Carroll and it’s 2-16 to 0-8.
40 – Donegal; lead here 1-15 to 0-6. Cavan yet to score in the second half.
32 Langan tacks on a point. 1-14/0-6
45 seconds into the second half and Cian Mulligan fires home a GOAL for Donegal. 1-13 to 0-6
HT sub on Donegal as Conor Doherty replaces Christy Fildara
Half-time: Donegal 0-13 Cavan 0-6
28 – A free by Caoimhin O’Reilly eats slightly into the deficit for Cavan. 0-13/0-6
27 – Cavan go straight down the field for Connolly to land another neat point. 0-13/0-5
26 – Donegal are quick to respond as Connor tacks on his fifth of the evening, this one his first from play. 0-13/0-4
25 – Ryan Connolly gets Cavan’s first point in 20 minutes, ending a run of ten-in-a-row for Donegal. 0-12 to 0-4
25 – Michael Carroll with another booming effort. Donegal by nine. 0-12/0-3
21 – This is becoming a procession for Donegal. Michael Carroll fires over from the left-hand side. 0-11/0-3
19 – Brilliant point by McBrearty, who’s in the groove here, after good work by McClenaghan and Mulligan. Eight-in-a-row for Donegal. 0-10 to 0-3
17 – McGee does well to get his fist to a Mulligan shot-come-pass that looked to be trailing wide. His return ball across the goal comes to nothing, though.
16 – A seventh DOnegal point in a row, from another free by Connor, makes it 0-9 to 0-3 for Declan Bonner’s men.
15 – McBrearty adds another. Donegal impressive. 0-8/0-3
13 – Michael Langan converts a good free. Donegal lead by four. 0-7/0-3
10 – Another free by Connor, his third so far, has Donegal 0-6 to 0-3 ahead. Lively start here.
9 – Cian Mulligan – who had a fine game for the seniors at the weekend – slots over and Donegal lead by two. 0-5/0-3
9 – Two frees by Lorcan Connor have Donegal ahead. 0-4/0-3
5 – Cavan ahead as Ryan Connolly pops over a free. 0-2/0-3
3 – A free by Caoimhin O’Reilly, after Rodgers saved from Bradley, levels it up again. 0-2/0-2
2 – Donegal ahead immediately as Stephen McBrearty slams over. Great point under pressure. 0-2/0-1
2 – Michael Langan levels it up after good work by Jason McGee. 0-1/0-1
1 – Conor Bradley has put Cavan a point ahead after just 13 seconds. Donegal 0-0 Cavan 0-1
0 – We’re underway at Brewster Park
Donegal: Danny Rodgers; Conor Morrison, Stephen McMenamin, Eoghan Ban Gallagher; Dáire Ó Baoill, Tony McClenaghan, Brendan McCole; Michael Carroll, Michael Langan; Jamie Brennan, Christy Fildara, Stephen McBrearty; Lorcan Connor, Cian Mulligan, Jason McGee.
Cavan: Liam Brady; Michael Smart, Donal Monahan, Luke Fortune; Sean O’Connor, Eoin Sommerville, Patrick O’Reilly; Thomas Galligan, Cormac Daly; Pierce Smith, Conor Bradley, Matthew McKenna; Caoimhin O’Reilly, Bryan Magee, Ryan Connolly.
Kieran Gillespie is a certain absentee from the Donegal panel tonight, after injuring a hamstring in the warm-up before the Donegal seniors’ game against Mayo on Sunday. Here are the thoughts of Donegal manager Declan Bonner: http://www.donegalsporthub.com/gillespie-bonner-can-still-look-big-players-donegal-u21s-seek-ulster-final-spot/
It has been a busy schedule for some of these young Donegal players: http://www.donegalsporthub.com/check-punishing-schedule-donegal-footballers-endure/
This game was set to take place last Wednesday night, but a late pitch inspection deemed a waterlogged Brewster Park unplayable – but it’s in much better shape tonight.
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