Kerry dominated Mayo, but Donegal will be a bigger test

When Páraic Duffy sat back in his chair and dreamed up the idea of the Super 8s, sun-kissed days like Sunday in Killarney between two evenly matched teams in front of a sell-out crowd must surely have been his wild fantasy.

You could tell by the traffic alone that this was no ordinary game — every known and unknown back-road heading into the tourist capital was stuffed with cars from miles out. There was no escaping the curb-crawling pace and soaring temperatures on the way to Fitzgerald Stadium.