Emma Costello: Kerry ready to right the wrongs

Kerry defender Emma Costello has said that the panel are ready to right the wrongs of 12 months ago when they were struck down with stage fright in their All-Ireland final loss to Meath.

Costello was one of the survivors from the 2012 decider defeat to Cork, but for the majority of the panel it was their first experience of battling it out for the Brendan Martin Cup, and it showed as the Royals ruthlessly plundered 3-10 in a commanding nine-point win.

That was then and this is now though, and for Costello it'll be a much more confident Kerry team that takes to the Croke Park boards for Sunday’s All-Ireland final against Dublin.

"I think that was a goal at the start of the year, we knew we’d left some kind of questions unanswered and we hadn’t proved ourselves enough last year," said the Firies club player.

"We just made it an ultimate goal for ourselves to get ourselves back into that final to give ourselves another chance to prove ourselves.

"The team has the talent, it has the ability – we all believe in our ability – but I think last year maybe the occasion got the better of us.

"This year we just really aimed to get back in there, especially after winning Division 1.

"That was bonus territory, earlier in the year we just wanted to get through Division 1 but as it was going on we were winning more games and more games and we got into the final.

"We’re back to Croke Park and it’s not that it gets familiar to you, but it definitely gets a bit easier."

"I think definitely we learned an awful lot off last year, it was a very new experience last year, only a couple of us had played in 2012," she added.

"This year now I think we’ll be a bit more familiar with it, the build up, all that kind of stuff.

"Obviously there’s been a few new