Slaughtneil feel that Paul McNeill's red card on Sunday was down to Kilcoo "play-acting".

Dual player McNeill was sent off following a collision with Ceilum Doherty before half time as the Derry champions defeated their Down counterparts in the preliminary round of the Ulster Club SFC.

Co-manager John Joe Keearney confirmed that he'll be seeking an appeal: "I'll be suggesting it to the committee anyway, who would do that. I think it would only be fair," he told The Belfast Telegraph.

"Paul McNeill is a young fella who I think in the four years has never even been black carded. It was a bit of play-acting on the Kilcoo man's behalf and maybe it did look bad. There was very little in it and I think the player was play-acting a little bit and the referee bought it."

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