A look ahead to the key battles at Croke Park…
20,000 Donegal fans for Croke Park
UP to 20,000 Donegal fans will make their way to Croke Park for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Mayo.
McHugh could still feature for Donegal
Mark McHugh is said to still have a chance of appearing at some stage in Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Mayo
Team news: Mayo make two changes
CILLIAN O’Connor has been restored to the Mayo team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final with Donegal…
Lacey named, but will he start?
KARL Lacey has been named at centre-back in the Donegal team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Mayo at Croke Park (throw-in 4pm).
“Donegal were vulnerable” – Justin McNulty
JUSTIN McNulty says that Saturday evening was one that got away from his Laois team…
Donegal still hope on McHugh
BY CHRIS MCNULTY DONEGAL haven’t given up hope on Mark McHugh’s availability for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter final against Mayo (Croke Park, 4pm). McHugh sat out Saturday’s qualifier win over Laois in Carrick-On-Shannon because of the combination of concussion, dead leg and calf muscle tear sustained in the Ulster final. Advertisement “It depends on his recovery, […]
Reaction: Dented pride drives Donegal to win
BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN CARRICK-ON-SHANNON THIS was more like it. Jim McGuinness wore a more contented look on Saturday night in the compact bowels of Pairc Sean MacDiarmada after Donegal side-stepped the banana skin of Laois. Advertisement “It’s good to get through, it was a tough battle,” the Donegal boss said. Six days earlier, McGuinness […]
Jim hits out at player treatment
BY CHRIS MCNULTY JIM McGuinness says he is ‘fearful’ of one of his Donegal players being left with a ‘serious injury’ if referees do not clamp down on the increasingly robust challenges they’re feeling. As he surveyed a 0-14 to 0-8 qualifier win over Laois that shot his team into an All-Ireland quarter-final, McGuinness gave […]