Little errors add up to a big kick in the teeth for Munster

Toulon 24 Munster 16

This game of inches is tough enough as it is when you get to a Heineken Cup semi-final but as Munster found out in the Marseille sun yesterday, when you make the mistakes they did against an outfit like Toulon, the payback comes in country miles.

Against the defending champions and current French Top 14 leaders, Munster knew they would have to be at their very best at Stade Velodrome. They knew there was no margin for error, no place for inaccuracy, no excuse for indiscipline.