CHRISTY RING CUP Kerry 4-21 Derry 2-12: KERRY REACHED their first Christy Ring Cup semi-final after blowing Derry's challenge out of the water with a final quarter scoring blitz from their twin destroyers, Shane Brick and John Mike Dooley, in Saturday's quarter-final at Mullingar.

KERRY: J Healy; P O'Grady, A Healy, J Godley; C Harris, T Murnane, J Griffin; E Sheehy, J Fitzgerald (0-1); E Sweeney (0-4), S Brick (0-15, six frees, one 65), J Casey (0-1); S Young, J McCarthy, J M Dooley (4-0). Subs: M Hanafin for J Godley (34 mins), G O'Brien for J Healy (38), J Godley for J Fitzgerald (50), S Maunsell for J McCarthy (66), P Monson for C Harris (70).

DERRY: A McGill; R McCloskey, C Quinn, S McNicholl; P O'Kane, S McCullagh, M Craig; K Hinphey, O McCloskey (0-5, three 65s, two frees); C Murphy, D Leahy, B Dodds; A Kelly, P McCloskey, R Convery (1-7, five frees). Subs: M Scullion (1-0)for P McCloskey (14 mins), G O'Kane for M Scullion (45), P McCloskey for C Murphy (55), E McGukin for S McCullagh (65).

Referee: S Whelan(Wexford).