Emma Costello’s return a major boost for Kerry in 2022

When Kerry opened their League campaign this year against Tipperary there was an unfamiliar name lining out at centre back. Turns out it was a familiar face with a different name

BREAKING PAST: Emma Costello of Kerry in action against Eilis Ronayne of Mayo during the semi-final. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

When Kerry opened their League campaign this year against Tipperary there was an unfamiliar name lining out at centre back. Kerry fans were wondering where joint-managers Declan Quill and Darragh Long had pulled the previously unheard of Emma Costello out of.

Suddenly it dawned on them, there was a simple explanation. The new centre back was previously Emma Sherwood, who had got married in the interim to Bryan Costello and took her husband’s surname. Emma laughs it off and explains her absence from Kerry and why she returned.