Munster face 'must-win' night in Cork after Bath blowout

Clayton McMillan said there are "lots of little lessons" for Munster from the defeat to Bath. Though he added they do not need to start looking for problems where there are none
Munster face 'must-win' night in Cork after Bath blowout

Michael Ala'alatoa will make his first start for Munster in the Champions Cup clash with Gloucester. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Munster will take the field at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday evening having been told to embrace the pressure of a must-win Champions Cup fixture against old rivals Gloucester.

That the pressure is there at all is down to last Saturday’s major mis-step at Bath, when Clayton McMillan’s side kicked off their Pool 2 campaign in disastrous fashion at a rain-drenched Rec by conceding 28 points without reply inside 18 minutes en route to a 40-14 defeat.

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