Bonner ready for cyclone in Clones

With two shock results at Omagh’s Healy Park having shaped this year’s Ulster SFC, tomorrow afternoon at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones, Donegal face Down for a place in a novel showpiece.

Rory Gallagher’s Fermanagh upset the form book last Sunday to oust favourites Monaghan with an injury-time goal from Eoin Donnelly to seal a famous 1-8 to 0-10 win. Monaghan had ousted three-in-a-row-chasing Tyrone in their own backyard last month.

For their part, and perhaps due to the almost blackout on the television screens of the other side of the draw, Donegal and Down have been tip-toeing their way, with Declan Bonner’s team now considered the shortest odds to seal a first provincial title in four years.