Wicklow 1-10 Derry 1-15: Derry came out of the traps in Aughrim at speed and had the home side on the rack from the start. Dynamic full forward Paddy Bradley scored the early goal that had the home side reeling.

Derry, who were clearly on top at midfield, where Patsy Bradley was controlling the trend of the game, were 1-4 ahead before Trevor Doyle opened Wicklow's account in the 10th minutes with a point after good work by Brendan Ó hAnnaidh.

Bradley's goal was a gem: in a searing 60-yard solo run he left marker Stephen Cush for dead and skirted a number of other defenders before blasting an unstoppable shot past goalkeeper Robert Hollingsworth.

Derry went 1-9 to 0-3 ahead before Hugh Kenny rang the changes for Wicklow. Ciarán Clancy was drafted into midfield, Paddy Dalton introduced to attack and Gary Doran switched to centre back for the replaced Dara Ó hAnnaidh.

For the closing eight minutes of the half Wicklow got a bit of momentum going to cut the deficit to 1-10 to 1-5 at the break.

The goal came in injury time when Trevor Doyle blasted home a penalty after Tommy Gill was brought down.

Aided by the wind in the second half, Wicklow won a much better share of the ball and matched Derry in scoring terms with five points.

WICKLOW: R Hollingsworth; C Hyland, S Cush, T Burke; L Glynn, D Ó hAnnaidh, A Foley; B Ó hAnnaidh, G Doran; T Harney, T Doyle (1-5), A Ellis; T Gill (0-3), R Coffey (0-1), W O'Gorman. Subs: C Clancy for D Ó hAnnaidh; P Dalton (0-1) for Harney; B Mernagh for Foley; C Davis for B Ó hAnnaidh; P Cronin for O'Gorman.

DERRY: B Gillis; K Guckian, N McCusker, G O'Kane; F McEldowney, SM Lockhart, P Kelly; F Doherty, Patsy Bradley; J Donaghy (0-3), J McBride (0-4), C Moran; J Kelly, Paddy Bradley (1-8), E Burke. Subs: C Gilligan for J Kelly.

Referee: P Russell (Tipperary).