Skipper bids to move on

Paul O’Connell can’t remember a more disturbing week in his sporting life than this one after Munster’s dramatic exit from the Heineken Cup at Thomond Park.

Six days on, O’Connell was still trying to come to terms with the disappointment and anguish, trying desperately not to turn the game against Ulster over and over in his mind. But it was impossible to ignore, though. The fact he was unable to train alongside his beleaguered colleagues on Wednesday and is ruled out of tonight’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash with Glasgow added to the pain.

“Yes, I’m very frustrated and disappointed, I was very frustrated and disappointed walking off the pitch and I am even more so now, having watched it,” he said.