Oisín McConville has welcomed his nephew Rian O’Neill’s return to the Armagh fold.

Despite being not included in the Orchard County’s initial matchday squad, O’Neill was drafted in for his first start since last year’s All-Ireland SFC final in last Saturday’s 2-21 to 2-17 win over Derry.

"It was great to see him back," Wicklow manager McConville said on The GAA Social.

"He got a great reception and for a lad that's missed so much football, he actually played quite well, was on the ball a good bit, got a score.

"It was a brave decision from ‘Geezer’ (Kieran McGeeney) to throw him straight back in there. Most people would have thought 'yeah, he'll be on the bench, he'll get 20 or 30 minutes' but he actually got 50-plus minutes under his belt, which is a massive help going into the Dublin game (this weekend)."

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