Carlow closed out the campaign with easy wins against Waterford, Wicklow (in Aughrim, notable for a fantastic individual display from Paul Broderick) and Wexford (who fielded a weakened team) to finish in 3rd place, but it was very much a case of "what might have been" had they not dropped 4 points against the two teams they probably thought their most likely source of victories at the beginning of the campaign. Murphy did not play in the final game against Wexford, as he had already received two black cards during the campaign and one more would put him out of the Leinster championship game against the same opponents.