“YOU GET 14-0 — you win those, particularly at home,” Ulster director of rugby, Les Kiss said at last night’s post-match press conference.
This wasn’t the case for his side at Ravenhill earlier. Fourteen points up until the 40th minute of play, but Rassie Erasmus’ Munster managed to come from behind to win by one.
“If you make a raft of errors and play away from the plan then you give them access to your half and that’s what happens,” Kiss said.
“When we played to the plan and turned them and made them play out of their end with an effective chase, we had them.
“But we kept offloading ball we shouldn’t. We were poor in the air, our aerial skills were very bad.
“You can’t give Munster that and we paid the penalty.”
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“The first breakdown of the second half we ran away from the ball instead of winning it. You just can’t do that and you’re giving Munster a chance on our try line again.
“That hurts and it’s my job to work with the guys and get that right, because that’s not good enough. It really isn’t.”
Rob Lyttle scored Ulster's second try. Dan Sheridan / INPHO
Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO
Inside centre Rory Scannell scored the southern provinces first try on the stroke of half time and that gave Munster the confidence they needed to eliminate their first-half errors.
Jaco Taute added to Ulster’s misery and Scannell followed suit with the conversion to make it a one-score game fifteen minutes from time.
The home side had a chance to come one step closer to sealing the win, but Paddy Jackson missed a 68th-minute penalty which would have put them 17-12 ahead. A firework went off at a vital moment in the run-up to his kick.
“I think he asked the ref if he could take it again with that firecracker going off. Look, you’ve got to nail them but he missed it,” Kiss said on the incident.
It was Scannell who ended proceedings and ensured a one point victory with a 75th-minute drop-kick, leaving Kiss and Ulster frustrated and thinking that this is one they most definitely let slip through the cracks.
“We’re the architects of our own situation at the moment, either through the basics or just not playing smart enough.”
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Les Kiss says Ulster 'not good enough' after Munster defeat
“YOU GET 14-0 — you win those, particularly at home,” Ulster director of rugby, Les Kiss said at last night’s post-match press conference.
This wasn’t the case for his side at Ravenhill earlier. Fourteen points up until the 40th minute of play, but Rassie Erasmus’ Munster managed to come from behind to win by one.
“If you make a raft of errors and play away from the plan then you give them access to your half and that’s what happens,” Kiss said.
“When we played to the plan and turned them and made them play out of their end with an effective chase, we had them.
“But we kept offloading ball we shouldn’t. We were poor in the air, our aerial skills were very bad.
“The first breakdown of the second half we ran away from the ball instead of winning it. You just can’t do that and you’re giving Munster a chance on our try line again.
“That hurts and it’s my job to work with the guys and get that right, because that’s not good enough. It really isn’t.”
Inside centre Rory Scannell scored the southern provinces first try on the stroke of half time and that gave Munster the confidence they needed to eliminate their first-half errors.
Jaco Taute added to Ulster’s misery and Scannell followed suit with the conversion to make it a one-score game fifteen minutes from time.
The home side had a chance to come one step closer to sealing the win, but Paddy Jackson missed a 68th-minute penalty which would have put them 17-12 ahead. A firework went off at a vital moment in the run-up to his kick.
“I think he asked the ref if he could take it again with that firecracker going off. Look, you’ve got to nail them but he missed it,” Kiss said on the incident.
It was Scannell who ended proceedings and ensured a one point victory with a 75th-minute drop-kick, leaving Kiss and Ulster frustrated and thinking that this is one they most definitely let slip through the cracks.
“We’re the architects of our own situation at the moment, either through the basics or just not playing smart enough.”
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