Costello: ‘All the minor boss is doing is polishing diamonds’

Eoghan Cormican How do you guard against complacency amongst a bunch of 16 and 17-year olds when they’ve already dismantled this evening’s opposition, to the tune of 16 points, just a few weeks ago?

How do you guard against complacency amongst a bunch of 16 and 17-year olds when they’ve already dismantled this evening’s opposition, to the tune of 16 points, just a few weeks ago? Very easily, replies Kerry minor football manager James Costello.

In looking ahead to the first Cork-Kerry Munster minor final since 2016, Costello chooses not to focus on the 3-19 to 1-9 final scoreline from their Phase 2 meeting at Páirc Uí Rinn on May 7, but rather the 1-8 to 0-11 stalemate which arose, albeit briefly, when Cork sub Jack Cahalane found the Kerry net 24 seconds into the second half.