Emma Murray on being named Waterford captain: 'It’s great to represent Comeragh'

Thanks to an historic success at Cappoquin Logistics Fraher Field in Dungarvan last October, a unique honour has come the way of Waterford’s Emma Murray in 2025.

Having previously won the competition for an astonishing 42 years in succession, Ballymacarbry finally lost their stranglehold on the Waterford senior ladies football championship in 2024. After regularly coming up short to them in showpiece deciders over the course of the preceding decade, Comeragh Rangers became just the fifth side to claim the top-tier trophy in the Deise County with a magnificent 5-3 to 1-6 success over Ballymac.

While her sister Katie grabbed the headlines with a four-goal haul, Murray produced an excellent performance at midfield in this game for the victorious Comeragh. As the role is usually handed to someone from the senior county champions, no player from the Rathgormack-based club had ever been appointed as captain of the Waterford team until this year.

Yet that breakthrough triumph in 2024 opened the door for a Comeragh footballer to lead the Deise into battle and it was Murray who ultimately assumed the key leadership position within the inter-county set-up.

“I’m the first from Comeragh Rangers to captain Waterford. The captain is generally picked from the winning team of the senior county final. It’s an honour to represent Comeragh Rangers at that level, to know there are plenty from Comeragh Rangers that played county in the past,” Murray acknowledged.

“Great leaders that would have made great captains, but they just didn’t get the chance because we were unlucky not to get that senior title a bit earlier. It’s great to represent Comeragh Rangers when I’m captain of Waterford.”

Exactly six months on from that county final win over