 The 2014 season saw McDonald play in round one for the first time in his career when he played in the seventeen point loss against at Etihad Stadium.He played his fiftieth AFL match in the thirty-three point loss against Collingwood in the Queen's Birthday match in round twelve.After playing every match up to round fourteen, he was forced to miss the round fifteen match due to a calf injury, but returned the next week for the sixty-three point loss against Fremantle at TIO Stadium.