Van Graan says Reds moving on from bitter Bordeaux experience

Johann van Graan wasn’t concealing his own personal disappointment and the deep frustration in the Munster camp as players and management reflected on the error-ridden first half hour in Bordeaux on Sunday that condemned the province to yet another semi-final defeat in the European Champions Cup.

They were all back at the High Performance Centre in UL yesterday reviewing the performance against Racing 92 and somehow trying to find ways of lifting themselves for a Guinness PRO14 clash against Ulster at Thomond Park on Saturday, with the certainty of a quarter-final game a week later at the same venue.

The Munster head coach readily admitted that the psychological battle will not be easily won: ”Mentally it will be very difficult to get guys fully back up”, he accepted.