Ed Burke had faith in his players from his first day as Carlow manager and he has that now more than ever as his team look to lift their third piece of silverware on Sunday with an All-Ireland title on Sunday 

Carlow manager Ed Burke was as pragmatic as ever. He took the disappointment of Sunday's All-Ireland Junior semi-final defeat as well as he could suggesting that Louth got that bit of momentum which could so easily have gone his side’s way.