Castleblaney to face Clontibret in final

Monaghan SFC Semi-finals:Champions Clontibret will meet Castleblayney in the Monaghan SF final following victories over Latton, 1-8 to 0-4, and Inniskeen, 2-12 to 1-10, respectively in Saturday's semi-finals in Clones

Castleblayney could afford the luxury of not scoring in the final 22 minutes and still win comfortably. They led at half-time by 1-9 to 1-4 and within 10 minutes of the restart had extended that lead to 10 points with a second goal by Ciarán Hanratty in the 10th minute. Castleblayney did not score again but Inniskeen only managed to pull back five points

Meanwhile, a fortuitous goal in injury-time saw Clontibret snatch a late victory over Latton.

Latton landed a goal in the opening minute as Clontibret struggled to get a foothold and it wasn't until the 13th minute of the second half that they drew level. Latton led at half-time by 1-2 to 0-3 but did not score from the 13th minute of the first half until the 20th minute of the second. Latton gifted Clontibret a goal as goalkeeper Seán Farmer misjudged a high centre from Dessie Mone.

SCORERS: Castleblayney: C Hanratty 1-4, C Tavey 0-5, G Ward 1-1, C Brady and F Moore 0-1 each. Inniskeen: R Meegan 0-5, F Duffy 1-0, M Callan 0-2, P Meegan, T Meegan and M Lennon 0-1 each. Referee: J O'Rourke (Eire Og).

Clontibret: C McManus 0-4, D Mone 1-0, M Corey 0-2, P McGuigan and M Hughes 0-1 each. Latton: K Hughes 1-0, O Duffy 0-2, A Farmer, H McElroy 0-1 each. Referee: D Helferty (Truagh).