School's out - Van Graan wants to review time in charge of Munster with media

Johann van Graan admitted that Munster were unable to rouse themselves from the disappointment of their Heineken Champions Cup exit to make a mark in the URC.

The two-time winners beat Wasps and Castres twice in their pool, then Exeter in the knock-out stages of Europe before giving as good as they got for 100 minutes against reigning champions Toulouse only to lose out in a shoot-out.

That performance hinted that the province were on the right track after a hectic season that included a second devastating injury for RG Snyman, an aborted tour of South African, coronavirus disruptions and the announcement that three senior coaches and a handful of senior players would depart in the summer.

However, high-stake derbies against Leinster, who fielded a second-string team, and Ulster failed to draw a performance from the side.

"That's something that we’ve spoken about over the last few years because we’ve had disappointments [before] and I’ve got to say the disappointment of that Toulouse game was massive," said Van Graan following their 36-17 defeat to Ulster on Friday night.

"Obviously we didn’t respond against Leinster and we didn’t respond tonight so the disappointment of going out in Europe in that game [is significant].

"If you look back over the last few years we just haven’t been good enough once we get knocked out of Europe.

"From our point of view, we want to win every game and we prepared well for the Leinster game.

"What was at stake was a potential home quarter-final to get you a home semi-final, and tonight to go further in the competition.

"The last two performances were uncharacteristic, in terms of our season, and every season has got ups and downs but we haven’t played that badly over the course of the season for two