Munster return to the drawing board as van Graan era ends with a whimper

That Munster had put in one of those stellar performances just four weeks previously against Toulouse will have only heightened the South African’s barely concealed annoyance

3 June 2022; Munster head coach Johann van Graan, left, and Craig Casey of Munster after the United Rugby Championship Quarter-Final match between Ulster and Munster at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

The lights went out, quite literally on Johann van Graan as he conducted his final post-match press conference as Munster head coach and perhaps it was just as well.

There will be time, he insisted, to discuss his five seasons at the helm in the coming week or so before his departure for Bath and a wholly different set of issues to address after a season of struggle in the English Premiership.