All Ireland champions Donegal will be without Mark McHugh for this weekend's fourth round qualifier tie against Laois.

The All Star forward will miss the game in Carrick-on-Shannon after it emerged that he suffered a series of injuries during the early stages of last Sunday's Ulster final defeat to Monaghan in Clones.

The 22-year-old spent two nights in hospital after it emerged that he suffered concussion, a perforated eardrum and a quad muscle tear following a heavy collision with Monaghan's Stephen Gollogly.

McHugh is now also a doubt for a potential All Ireland quarter-final, if Donegal can win without him this weekend.

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