Armagh chiefs vow action as minor star suffers vicious attack

ARMAGH GAA chiefs last night condemned the vicious assault on 2009 All-Ireland minor football winner Kevin Nugent in a local club match last weekend and vowed the incident will be investigated rigorously to ensure disciplinary action is taken.

Nugent was attacked and knocked unconscious towards the end of the Armagh County League Division 1 clash between his club Maghery and Cullaville in Maghery last Sunday.

Maghery won 1-12 to 0-9 but the result was marred by Nugent incurring a series of horrific facial injuries which will prevent him eating solid foods for four months. Nugent suffered a broken chin, broken jaw, split lower gum, displaced of all his lower teeth and dislodged part of his lower jaw.