O’Carroll: Donegal a bigger test

HE may have been part of the Dublin Under-21 team that got the better of Jim McGuinness last year but Rory O’Carroll insists it will have little bearing on the All-Ireland semi-final against Donegal on August 28.

The Kilmacud Crokes man expects Donegal to present a more formidable hurdle than the one presented when McGuinness was in charge of the U21s in last year’s All-Ireland decider at Kingspan Breffni Park.

Dublin just about won the game after Michael Murphy send a rocket of a penalty crashing against the bar in injury-time. The Dublin full-back and wing-back James McCarthy are likely to again find themselves up against the likes of Murphy and Mark McHugh at the end of the month.