Donal Lenihan: Where has Munster's ability to escape tight spots gone?

A run of two wins from their last eight games has increased the focus on the squad and management for all the wrong reasons.

It’s time for cool heads and honest appraisal. The fallout if Munster fail to make the knockout phase of the Heineken Champions Cup, as seems likely, with a final round of action still to play, is understandable.

Nobody felt that pain more than the players as they made the trek home from Paris on the charter flight late on Sunday night.