Leitrim won't lack for belief when they line up opposite Galway in Carrick-on-Shannon says manager Shane Ward.

The Connacht minnows are 8/1 long shots to pull off a surprise victory against the Tribesmen but that counts for nothing as far as Ward and his players are concerned.

"Belief is a massive part of their psyche because they are always against the odds," the Ballyshannon native pointed out to The Examiner.

"They've had to have massive belief in themselves and their own ability given the defeats suffered. It is something we have worked on quite a lot on.

"Belief is built in these players. It is part of their make-up. It is part of their DNA. Coming from such a small county, they are very proud. It is very much part of their culture, even in their normal working lives, that they would back themselves quite a lot.

"They are very successful guys away from the field so that makes it easy to build belief on it."

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