ROARTY: ONLY OPTION IS TO GO FULL TILT

FINNBARR ROARTY says that Donegal have to go “full tilt” at it now as the games stack up and knockout football kicks in.

- BY PAT NOLAN

A last-gasp win over Mayo on Sunday ensured that they finished second in Group 1, with Tyrone's head-to-head record against them seeing them top the group.

It means Donegal now face a preliminary quarter-final at home to Louth next weekend and, if they progress as expected, they will have a quarter-final a week later.

It all makes for a demanding schedule and Roarty said: “You'd like the break but you have to take it in your stride.

“You've got yourself in this position so we have to go head on into this game now. It's going to be a tough run now, but you have no choice.