BY MATTHEW WILSON
DONEGAL senior football star Jason McGee is hoping that the side can kick on now following their superb victory over Kerry in Round 1 of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Jim McGuinness’s outfit made the long journey to Killarney last weekend for their first competitive encounter since the Ulster Football Championship defeat to Down on April 26.
The squad would’ve been disappointed in the aftermath of that defeat but they managed to regroup, recover and bounce back with a fantastic display at Fitzgerald Stadium last Saturday, recording a 0-16 to 2-20 victory against the Kingdom.
A defeat against the reigning All-Ireland champions wouldn’t have been the be all and end all for Donegal but it would’ve left them in a last chance saloon situation entering Round 2 of the competition.
Instead, McGuinness’s men now progress through the winners path into Round 2A of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
They already know three of the teams that they can face next, with Galway, Cork and Tyrone all coming through their respective contests last weekend.
The other four counties that’ll join the pot will be determined this weekend, with Armagh hosting Derry, Dublin meeting Louth, Mayo facing Monaghan and Westmeath welcoming Cavan to Cusack
Park.
The draw for the Round 2 of the competition will take place on Monday, with the matches scheduled to commence on the weekend of June 13/14.
A victory in Round 2A would secure Donegal a place in the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Championship and speaking to the
Donegal News, McGee said that they will be doing everything in
their power to claim another victory.
“For sure, if we got beaten then we could’ve been really up against it now in a couple of weeks time.
“I suppose it gave you a little bit of leeway but whoever comes out of the draw now in a couple of weeks time, we aim to go and win that game too.”