TWO-time winners Munster have early ground to make up in the Champions Cup after a heavy opening weekend loss at Bath.
The visitors were 28-0 in arrears after early on but recovered to trail 35-14 at the interval.
“28-0 after 18 minutes . . . it was too inaccurate and we didn’t create any pressure on them. They got the wind into their sails and it was tough to come back from that,” Munster coach Clayton McMillan told Premier Sports.
He added: “Outside of the start, we showed that we can compete with the best. But it just wasn’t good enough.
“The yellow card (to captain Tadhg Beirne) and penalty try were tough to swallow. But we have got to own the stuff we need to be better at because there were lots. Converting opportunities that we’ll get will help, but we need to get better.”
It finished, Bath 40 Munster 14.
Munster host Gloucester at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork this coming Saturday.
Scorers:
Bath: tries, penalty try, Miles Reid, Henry Arundell, Tom Dunn, Beno Obano, Ted Hill; conversions, Finn Russell 4.
Munster: tries, Edwin Edogbo, Craig Casey; conversions, JJ Hanrahan 2.