Luke O'Nien has praised teenager Chris Rigg after the youngster made his debut at Shrewsbury Town and helped Sunderland reach the fourth round of the FA Cup. Schoolboy Rigg became the youngest outfielder in the club's history when he came off the bench at the age of 15 years and 203 days for the final nine minutes of the match at the New Meadow.
Sunderland were trailing 1-0 at the time, but Rigg won a corner in injury-time which was headed home by Ross Stewart to level things up, before O'Nien scored an injury-time goal of his own to send the Black Cats through. Rigg was one of four U18s on the bench against the Shrews but was the only one to get on the pitch.
"I have to give a big shout-out to Riggy," said O'Nien. "That's been my highlight of the day, seeing him come on.
