'We probably got bullied' - Chris Farrell insists Munster can bounce back against Ulster

Munster's Chris Farrell says the province have full belief they can bounce back from Saturday's disappointing defeat to Leinster, when they return to URC action against Ulster next week.

Johann van Graan's side face a daunting trip to Belfast in the quarter-final at Kingspan Stadium on Friday 3 June, having missed out on the chance to be at home through the playoffs due to their 35-25 defeat against Leinster, and sixth place finish in the table.

It was a result - and performance - that has drawn huge criticism, particularly with their opponents resting their entire first-choice team ahead of the Champions Cup final this week.

And Farrell says they are under no illusion that have a lot to improve on.

"We had a pretty honest assessment of how things went this morning as a group, and in our mini-groups. We had it out with each other about what we could have done better," he said.

"I wouldn't even necessarily say it was the second half, we weren't on it from the start. We were beat physically in certain areas, and we really disappointed with our breakdown. It's something we pride ourselves on. When we get that right we're hard to compete with both in attack and defence, in the breakdown and collision areas.

And the centre admits Munster were "bullied" by the defending champions.

"Honestly, we probably got bullied a little bit there in the first 10 minutes, and that set the tone for the rest of the game.

"There's a few other areas we're really disappointed with; we didn't exit well, we panicked a little bit. But we felt were really well prepared for it, we felt going into the game we had good knowledge of what to expect from that Leinster team, and we knew where they were dangerous.

"We thought we were well prepared, but we didn't act