Armagh Won't Underestimate Tyrone Challenge

Armagh coach Conleith Gilligan feels his players are "cute enough" not to underestimate Tyrone successful Sunday's Ulster Senior Football Championship preliminary information conflict astatine nan Athletic Grounds.

The Orchard men spell into nan crippled arsenic overwhelming favourites to move into a quarter-final against Fermanagh 13 days later, but Gilligan insists they are not reasoning on those lines.

Armagh retained their Division One position successful nan convention while Tyrone did likewise successful nan 2nd division, but nan Red Hands had been tipped to do overmuch much astatine nan outset.

Malachy O'Rourke's broadside struggled to deed apical form, but Gilligan feels Sunday's derby lucifer could good nutrient a overmuch different Tyrone situation and it is 1 Armagh are fresh for.

"The proximity of Armagh to Tyrone, moreover our younger players would person looked astatine their younger players winning Hogan Cups and All-Ireland U20s, truthful there's nary illusion pinch nan younger players arsenic to nan value Tyrone have," Gilligan said.

"The older players, they've been done nan mill earlier and been stung successful large games earlier wherever they were expected to beryllium favourites. Last year's Kerry crippled was nan premier example, wherever nan anticipation was that Kerry wouldn't hit Armagh, and look really that turned out.

"The truth that nan convention is done now, each team's looking for that 1 large triumph to ignite their summer. From a Tyrone perspective, going to Armagh to do that would beryllium precocious connected their database of priorities."