Tandy blasts Ospreys display

Editor

Ospreys coach Steve Tandy has blasted his side for a 'lack of application' in the wake of their 21-15 loss to Munster on Saturday.

Ospreys were behind 15-7 at the interval but managed to cut the deficit to two points midway through the second half. But Munster finished the stronger and secured the win.

"It is very rare that I have to come in at half-time and dish it out, but that was not acceptable, not good enough,” said Tandy in the wake of the 21-15 loss.

“There is definitely some soul searching going on, right across the board, not just players, but with us as coaches.

“Ultimately, that was not anywhere near what we want to produce.

“It just seemed like a total lack of energy out there, everyone was looking around at each other to try and lead us out of it.

“People were walking back.

“There aren’t many times I come in here (to face the media) and am devastated and disappointed in an effort and application thing because that is what we pride ourselves on.

“You can look at loads of reasons of what you haven’t got, but it is our choice around our attitude, how we pitch up and how we fight and go about our business.

“I can handle losing games, but I can’t handle a lack of application and there was definitely a lack of application around that first 40 minutes, which you struggle to put your finger on because we felt the working week had been really positive.

“We felt there was stuff from the Glasgow game we could build on, but there was no building blocks from this.

“The second half you could argue we played a bit smarter, played the conditions pretty well.

“We got a (bonus) point, but if we had won the game, it wouldn’t have been deserved.

“If you don’t front up in the first 40 minutes of a big game against Munster then you have a problem.”