GAA: Armagh at Croker is a big test.. we'll soon know how good we are SAYS ADRIAN SWEENEY.(Sport)

From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: August 26, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: ORLA BANNON

THE back-door may have been Donegal's saviour this summer - but Adrian Sweeney insists they won't know how far they've really come until they face mighty Armagh on Sunday.

The north-west outfit looked a beaten docket when Fermanagh bounced them out of the Ulster championship, but a superb run through the qualifiers and All-Ireland quarter-final replay win over Galway has made everyone sit up and take notice.

Now they come up aga...

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