Dan McFarland feels for 'such a nice fella' Johann van Graan

McFarland has admitted his one regret about Ulster’s dominant victory over Munster in the URC quarter-finals is the pain it will have inflicted on his opposite number

3 June 2022; Ulster head coach Dan McFarland before the United Rugby Championship Quarter-Final match between Ulster and Munster at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Dan McFarland has admitted his one regret about Ulster’s dominant victory over Munster in the United Rugby Championship quarter-finals is the pain it will have inflicted on opposite number Johann van Graan.

Ulster kept their hopes of a first trophy since 2005-06 alive last Friday night with an impressive 36-17 win over van Graan’s Munster side to progress to a last-four date with the Stormers in Cape Town next Saturday.