Graham Rowntree 'hugely disappointed' after Munster's Durban drubbing

Munster head coach Graham Rowntree admitted he was "hugely disappointed" after his side exited the Heineken Champions Cup after a 50-35 defeat to the Cell C Sharks in Durban.

The province had no answer to their hosts' forward power as the South Africans ran in four tries in the first 18 minutes of the second half, turning their 17-14 interval lead into a 43-14 advantage.

Munster did score five tries, but two came late on when the game was already beyond them, while the Sharks ran in seven of their own.

"I am hugely disappointed, as you can imagine," said Rowntree.

"It was a three-point game at half-time but quickly got away from us with two more tries and then the game got even looser and we were chasing the game.

"We can score tries as a team, we have proven that, but we have had a taste of what it is coming to this club and this town and we are back out here in three weeks (in the league).

"We will go back and analyse the game to see where we have got to be better.

"The conditions were challenging, we are not used to this weather, but towards the end of the game we were chasing the game, scoring tries and I was pleased with our energy.

"I was pleased with our effort, but technically, tactically we have got to be better. We will look at that third quarter when things got away from us.

"We will look at penalties we conceded or turnovers we conceded at breakdown, those are the elements we will have a look at."

Sharks became the first South African team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup and their reward is a trip to Toulouse or a home game against more familiar opposition in the shape of the Bulls.

Director of rugby Neil Powell said: "Whichever team we are going to play it will obviously not be easy. "We all know that