Ulster playing games like they're training sessions – Murphy

Head coach Richie Murphy says UIster are "playing matches like training sessions" as he expresses his disappointment after Saturday's 26-26 draw with Munster in Belfast. Murphy was frustrated after Ulster let Munster build a 26-5 lead before the break Head coach Richie Murphy says UIster are "playing matches like they're training sessions" as he expressed his disappointment with his side's slow start in Saturday's 26-26 draw with Munster in Belfast. Trailing by 21 points at the break, Ulster hit back as Jacob Stockdale scored his second try of the game before David McCann and Stuart McCloskey struck to earn a second successive United Rugby Championship draw. Having opened the campaign with a home defeat by Edinburgh and a 33-33 draw in Glasgow, Murphy's side remain winless on the domestic front before starting their European campaign next week.

"We're still very much in the early part of the season. We've got three our four players coming back in for their first games this weekend," said Murphy. "The flow of the team hasn't completely settled in. At the moment, we're playing matches like they're training sessions. "We're overplaying with the ball in the middle of the park, we need to start applying more pressure to the opposition. "That's going to be a key part that we need to learn from this week."