Declan Bonner was already turning his thoughts to the Super 8s after Donegal retained their Ulster SFC title this afternoon.

The Tir Chonaill men have been paired in Group 1 along with Munster champions Kerry, Galway / Round 4 Qualifier winner and Meath / Round 4 Qualifier winner after easing to victory over Cavan in Clones. They will have home advantage in their opening game which will take place on the weekend of July 13-14.

"We take it one step at a time. We knew coming up here that Cavan would pose a big, big threat to us and they did - in fairness to Mickey (Graham) and the lads they put it right up to us until the end," the victorious Donegal manager told RTE.

"Now we’re in the Super 8s and our first match is going to be at home in MacCumhaill Park and we look forward to that and we’ll get ready for that. We want to move on, but we’ll take it step by step."

He added: "We're delighted to get the victory because finals are there for winning. I thought we played well for long, long periods, we set the foundations in that first half when some of the football was excellent.

"On the downside in the second half we conceded two goals and that’s something we need to look at."

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