Kidney laments costly mistakes and turnovers

QUIETLY but emphatically, Munster coach Declan Kidney made no secret of his disappointment at losing yesterday’s Heineken Cup game in Clermont. His only consolation was that the side did enough to claim a bonus point, their third in five matches, a point that leaves them very much in contention for a quarter-final place after Saturday’s visit of London Wasps to Thomond Park.

“The bonus point is obviously welcome but it was still a loss and that’s how we judge ourselves,” he maintained.

“For the first 30 minutes, it looked like we were going to be rightly opened up but we managed to stay in it somehow. The bonus might be beneficial tomorrow but today we’ve lost a game and we have to take a serious look as to how it happened.