The ceremony featured speeches from Warrington Mayor Steve Wright, Warrington Council leader Terry O'Neill, minister of state for Northern Ireland Mike Penning MP and Mayor of Lisburn Alderman William Leathem.
When he was last seen, the Warrington Collegiate student from Warrington was wearing a long-sleeved grey sweatshirt with a distinctive emblem of two tigers on the front and black skinny jeans.
Crusaders may have feared the worst after being hammered 64-6 by Warrington last week, especially as the Giants had climbed to the Super League summit with back-to-back wins over Warrington and Leeds.
