Post mortems kick off for Cup casualties

IT may have been officially the most depressing day of the year yesterday, but for some rugby folk the despair will be continuing long into the week in the wake of European disappointment.

And not just in Munster.

There are internal reviews being conducted throughout Europe after the hopes of many Heineken Cup teams were dashed in round five and while one can never be sure how deeply an exit from the competition is felt by the French teams, there is already much hand-wringing going on in England and Wales as well as Cork and Limerick.