Harte’s belief to be tested as Tyrone handed Donegal test

At first, their hearts will have skipped a beat or two. But not long after last night’s draw for the 2013 Ulster championship pitted powerhouses Donegal and Tyrone against each other, Jim McGuinness and Mickey Harte will have felt adrenaline course through their veins.

For new All-Ireland champions Donegal, and the established order that they have replaced up north, neighbours Tyrone, it is the stiffest draw possible.

Yet it is also a quarter-final tie that will excite the minds of two managers regarded as the most tactically astute in all of Ulster. They now have eight months to devise a master plan to overcome the other.