Conleith Gilligan insists Armagh are taking nothing for granted as they gear up to face old rivals Tyrone in Sunday's Ulster SFC preliminary round clash at the Box-It Athletic Grounds.

The Red Hands are coming off the back of an underwhelming Allianz League Division 2 campaign, but the Armagh coach isn't reading anything into that.

"Tyrone’s League campaign was very similar to our own, you’d (Niall) Morgan, (Darren) McCurry, (Michael) McKernan and Darragh Canavan missing a few games," the former Ballinderry and Derry attacker told Belfast Live.

“They were the same and trying to get up with new and untested players. Similar points, they’d be disappointed in some of the games they lost that they might have won. It makes it very dangerous – it’s still Tyrone, it’s still a derby game and the winning and losing of it is massive.

“You’re in the preliminary round, earlier than you’d have wanted to be out but that’s where we’re at. It’s a huge game for both teams in terms of kick-starting their summer."

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