Clayton McMillan: 'It just wasn’t good enough, nowhere near the standard that we want to set'

“It starts with us. We’ll go away and reflect on what we can do better. We’ve got an eight, nine-day turnaround now to try to leverage off that to try and find the solutions.” 

NOT GOOD ENOUGH: Munster head coach Clayton McMillan pulled no punches as he raked over the coals of a dismal URC derby performance from Munster in a 28-3 defeat to Ulster in Belfast on Friday night. Picture: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Clayton McMillan pulled no punches as he raked over the coals of a dismal URC derby performance from Munster in a 28-3 defeat to Ulster in Belfast on Friday night.

The head coach had given his wider squad an opportunity to stake their claims for selection in the upcoming Champions Cup pool games at Toulon and then home to Castres but with a trip to the south of France for this first of those at Stade Felix Mayol, the New Zealander said his team’s performance against an in-form Ulster offered more questions than answers as they were outscored three tries to none on a snowy night at Affidea Stadium.