Oisín McConville has called on Wicklow supporters to turn out in big numbers for the visit of Dublin to Aughrim next Sunday.

The 2002 Armagh All-Ireland SFC winner expressed disappointment with the level of support for his team after their extra-time victory over Longford in yesterday’s Leinster SFC first round clash.

"We haven't had the support we wanted all year,” he lamented when speaking to RTÉ.

“Hopefully this is one to entice them in and see what this team is about because one thing about us, you can see today, regardless of how badly it's going or how many balls we're kicking wide, we just keep going and we have serious pace in our team.

"A lot of people would have said coming into this game, 'do you really want to win this?' [with Dublin awaiting the winners].

"But we have to win the games we're supposed to win. We take it from there and it happens to be the Dubs up next. It is an onerous task and we won't shy away from that but if you're going to gain experience, days like today and then going into the Dubs next week, even the preparation and the build-up, are valuable.”

The Garden County manager added: "What was here today, 500 or 600 people? The crowd that will be in Aughrim and the opportunity for these guys to play under those conditions in the championship is bound to help them along the way regardless of what the result is."

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