Star-studded Cork are an hour from their first Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland U-21 hurling title in 20 years after breezing past Wexford at Nowlan Park.
Powered on by an all senior midfield of All-Star Mark Coleman and Darragh Fitzgibbon, the Rebels led by 11 at half-time and cruised to a comfortable victory.
Their reward is an August 25/26 final clash with Galway or Tipperary who meet in the second semi-final on Wednesday.
After claiming a first Munster title since 2007, Cork will be favourites to break their All-Ireland duck with seniors Shane Kingston and Robbie O'Flynn also prominent.
Kingston finished with 0-4 though it was Man of the Match Tim O'Mahony who provided the early spark that ultimately broke Wexford's resolve.
The only downside was the withdrawal late on of Declan Dalton, their free-taker and prominent forward, with an apparent knee injury.
O'Mahony netted twice inside the first nine minutes to leave clear daylight between the teams and Wexford, in truth, never looked like recovering.
Liam Healy added a third Cork goal after the break as they stretched the lead to a massive 22 points by full-time in front of 3,538 at the Kilkenny City venue.
Wexford were without senior star Rory O'Connor and lacked a vital cut and thrust in attack.
But their main problems lay in defence as Cork swarmed forward and put them under intense pressure.
By half-time the Munster men had racked up a 2-14 tally in just over 30 minutes of hurling.
Free-taker Dalton scored seven of those points as Wexford resorted to crude fouling in the face of a Rebels siege.
Dalton only scored one of those points from play but impressed generally and won two of the frees that he converted.
But it was O'Mahony and his two early goals that set the teams apart and ensured this would be plain sailing for the Munster champions.
His first came in the sixth minute when he followed up after his initially shot had been blacked and struck the rebound to the net.
Three minutes later he was in the right place to volley home after a sweeping move involving Kingston and Dalton ended with Fitzgibbon's shot being parried into O'Mahony's path.
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Damien Reck and Conor Firman, the Wexford captain, were among their senior players and Reck boomed over a long range 23rd minute point.
But Tom Mullally's side, chasing a first All-Ireland at this grade since 1965, found scores hard to come by and hit just five from play in the opening half.
Cork stretched their lead to 11 by the break - 2-14 to 0-9 - thanks to points from Jack O'Connor, Kingston and Healy as they threatened a rout.
Wexford needed a storming second-half performance but it never arrived and their fate was virtually sealed in the 40th minute when Healy netted Cork's third.
All that the Leinster runners-up could muster in response was a couple of points from Reck and Seamus Casey until late on.
There was a late cameo from Cork sub Conor Cahalane who scored three points in a row and four in total to put forward his case for a starting spot in the final.
Cork: Ger Collins; David Lowney, Eoghan Murphy, Niall O'Leary; John Cashman, Ger Mellerick, Billy Hennessy; Mark Coleman, Darragh Fitzgibbon; Robbie O'Flynn, Declan Dalton (0-08, 0-06f), Shane Kingston (0-04); Liam Healy (1-01), Tim O'Mahony (2-02), Jack O'Connor (0-04).
Subs: Conor Cahalane (0-04) for Mellerick 36, Aaron Myers (0-02, 0-02f) for Dalton 52, Daire Connery for Fitzgibbon 55, Chris O'Leary (0-01) for Kingston 59, Conor O'Callaghan for Coleman 60.
Wexford: Jack Cushe; Shane Reck, Darren Byrne, Eoin Molloy; Conor Firman, Ian Carthy, Rowan White (0-02); Aaron Maddock (0-02), Garry Molloy; Oisin Foley, Damien Reck (0-02), Liam Stafford; Mikey Dwyer, Rory Higgins, Seamus Casey (0-06, 0-03f, 0-01 s/l).
Subs: Stephen O'Gorman for S Reck 25, Darren Codd for Stafford h/t, Conor Hearne (0-01) for Foley h/t, Eoin Kelly for Higgins 41, Jody Donohoe for Byrne 46.
Referee: Alan Kelly (Galway).
