Longford manager Glenn Ryan isn't worried by the prospect of playing in Aughrim.

The midlanders open their Leinster SFC campaign away to Wicklow on Sunday and Ryan points out that it is the calibre of the opposition rather than the venue that concerns him:

"We are not worried about Aughrim but we are wary about Wicklow," the former Kildare centre back says in The Longford Leader.

"It's the players that we are coming up against that we have to be worried about, not the venue.

"They have good players and had a great league campaign last year when they won the Division Four league title.

"And a bit like ourselves were unfortunate in the league this season with a lot of injuries and lads missing, so Wicklow will be really fired up in their efforts to beat us.

"We said it throughout the year that this was our focus and now we have to put the foot down and kick on.

"We are not too far away and if we just keep plugging at it we might just get that break. I am confident that these lads will do all they can to beat Wicklow on Sunday." Tweet

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