Derry hurlers eye up U21 Ulster Championship title

Derry take on Antrim in the final of the Bord Gais Under-21 Ulster Hurling Championship being played at Ballinascreen tonight (throw-in 8.30pm).

The Oakleaf county reached the final with a 3-16 to 3-14 win over Down in the semi-final while Antrim qualified by hammering Armagh 6-22 to 0-7.

Tonight’s clash is a repeat of the 2013 final when the Saffrons – going for to their seventh title in a row - lifted the trophy on a 6-22 to 0-06 scoreline.

Derry last won the under-21 hurling title in 2008.

On that occasion the competition was organised on a league basis with each team playing one another once – therefore there was no final and Derry clinched the championship in their final league game against Down.