O'Rourke pleased with 'efficient' Tyrone display
McKernan an injury worry for Red Hands
Tyrone finished top of Group Four with the win, beating Donegal on the head-to-head rule and it means they go straight through to the last eight.That gives them an extra week's rest over their opponent, who will play in the preliminary quarter-finals next weekend.O'Rourke hopes they can use the additional week's rest to their advantage, although he admitted they may be without forward Michael McKernan for their next game after he went off holding his left arm just two minutes into the Cavan game."We were disappointed with the Mayo defeat, so we wanted to make sure we had a better performance today to give us our best chance of topping the group and getting through to the quarter-final so delighted with that and it's a case of recovering and focusing on what's ahead," he added."There's no doubt after high intensity games like these boys will be sore, so it gives you a bit of time to recover."Unfortunately, Micheal McKernan picked up a bad injury, he's away to hospital we don't know exactly what it is but we're hoping it is not as serious as it might be, and he'll have a chance to be there in two weeks' time."
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