Jim McGuinness: Donegal boss has 'no idea' if county are facing Roarty sanction

Jim McGuinness says he has "no idea" whether his Donegal side are facing any potential sanctions for playing 17-year-old Finbarr Roarty in Wednesday's Dr McKenna Cup win over Armagh.

Roarty's inclusion appeared to break the rule which says senior inter-county players have to be aged 18 by the start of the calendar year.

"We'll just have to wait and see," said McGuinness after the win over Tyrone.

If Wednesday's result stands, Donegal will progress to the semi-finals.

McGuinness said that he understood that Ulster GAA was scheduled meet to discuss the Naomh Conaill's teenager's eligibility following Sunday's game at Healy Park, which Donegal won 0-15 to 1-10.

"I don't think we have had any correspondence either," said the Donegal boss.

"Maybe the county board have. I certainly haven't.

"I think there is maybe a meeting here today so we'll have to wait and see the outcome of that."

Jim McGuinness didn't appear unduly concerned about the Roarty eligibility issue when he spoke to the media following Sunday's game at Healy Park

Then 17-year-old Roarty played in Wednesday's 3-16 to 1-6 win over Armagh.

The Naomh Conaill youngster, who hasn't played a senior game for his club, turned 18 on Thursday but competition rules for senior inter-county football state players must be 18 by the start of that calendar year to be eligible to play.

Potential sanctions in addition to forfeiture of the game include a two-week suspension for the player and eight-week ban for those deemed to be in charge of the team.

McGuinness appeared to be in relaxed mood about the Roarty issue when he spoke to the media following Sunday's game.

"We can't control the boardroom I suppose other than appeal which everybody else seems to do in the GAA," said McGuinness with a laugh.

"Not pre-empting anything, we have to wait and see what unfolds and then we'll deal with it. "

McGuinness 'happy enough' after Omagh win

The 2012 All-Ireland winning manager described himself as "happy enough" following Sunday's victory over a Tyrone side that had started with six inter-county debutants.

Donegal dominated the first half and should have led by more at the break than 0-9 to 0-4 after missing a number of goal opportunities.

"I thought we played well in the first half," he added.

"We probably left a lot of scores behind us in the first half as well which brought Tyrone back into the game. They were always going to come back into the game.

"Our press worked well against them in the first half. Niall Morgan was then able to find some solutions to that and then we got back into it.

"Niall Morgan upped the levels in the second half. They were getting the kickouts away.

"For us, it was a great run out. Very, very happy with it and great minutes into the legs and that's what we were looking to achieve."