Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Centre Forward | ||
Born | 1998 | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
2016– | Crossmaglen | ||
Club titles | |||
Armagh titles | 4 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2019– | Armagh | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands | 1 |
Rian O'Neill (born 1998) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Crossmaglen club [1] and at senior level for the Armagh county team. [2] [3] [4] He plays as a forward. [5] He has shared the Armagh captaincy role with Aidan Nugent. [6]
O'Neill was man of the match against Kerry in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final, when his team made it through to a first final for 21 years. [7]
He was nominated for an All Star in 2022, but he didn't win. [8] He won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season. [9]
His brother Oisín plays alongside him for Armagh and Crossmaglen. [10] [11] [12] [13]
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However, a greater issue that caught Bergin's eye was the decision for referee David Coldrick to send off both Kelly and Nugent, feeling it was a far harsher punishment to Galway than Armagh considering the latter player shares the captaincy role with Rian O'Neill.