Harte passes Ulster keys to McGuinness

In the second last minute of normal time and with Tyrone trailing by four points, it was Stephen O’Neill who took receipt of a hand-pass from Pascal McConnell in his own full-back line.

It wasn’t the first time the county’s most able marksman found himself in an area even a sniper would struggle to hit the target from.

Just before half time, both he and Martin Penrose were back there defending vigorously, stranded from where they could hurt Donegal the most.