Mike Prendergast: Munster will be ready for return to South Africa

Munster will aim to channel their hurt from a painful Champions Cup exit into a URC play-off push as preparations begin immediately for next week's return trip to South Africa

WORK TO DO: Head coach Graham Rowntree and attack coach Mike Prendergast during a Munster Rugby squad training session at Thomond Park last week. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Munster will aim to channel their hurt from a painful Heineken Champions Cup exit into a BKT URC play-off push as preparations begin immediately for next week's return trip to South Africa.

Graham Rowntree’s squad touched down in Dublin Monday afternoon after a 19-hour trek home from Durban via Dubai that will have offered plenty of opportunity for reflection following the 50-35 drubbing they received at the hands of the Sharks on Saturday afternoon.