'We'll have a beer, be grumpy and get over it' - McFarland on Ulster loss to Toulouse

Dan McFarland and Ulster don't have time to wallow in their Heineken Champions Cup loss to Toulouse, but you could easily forgive the group for carrying this defeat for a while.

Just one point separated the two sides after an incredible round-of-16 double-header, with the champions edging a titanic tussle 50-49, Antoine Dupont coming up with the match-winner with five minutes to play.

There were 11 tries, 62 turnovers, two red cards and two yellows, and there could have been more flashed over the two legs.

"Well, we’ve got Munster on Friday, you'll be here, I’ll be here, we’ll all be here," said the head coach when asked how long the regret of losing a six-point advantage will linger.

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"There’s nothing quite like Munster coming to town to refocus the mind.

"Look, I’ll be p****ed off, we’ll all be p***ed off, I’ll have another beer. They even put bloody Kronenbourg in our changing room.

"We’ll have a beer, we’ll review the game, we’ll look at it, we’ll be grumpy with each other for a bit and then we’ll get over it because we’ve got to.

"We’ve got to beat Munster here on Friday. We’ve got one competition to focus on now.

"It will be a big task on Friday, picking everybody up but we’ll do it, we’ll be all right."

Overall, Ulster conceded 23 penalties to the Top14 side’s 17 and were leading the aggregate score by three points when replacement Tom O’Toole was red-carded for a dangerous tackle on Anthony Jelonch with 15 minutes left.

McFarland had no qualms about that decision or the