McFarland: Defeat is hard to take

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LEICESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 30: Guy Porter of Leicester Tigers scores his team's third try during the European Rugby Challenge Cup match between Leicester Tigers and Ulster Rugby at Welford Road on April 30, 2021 in Leicester, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

ULSTER head coach Dan McFarland was dejected by this semi-final defeat and fears his squad will take time to recover from conceding their 17-6 lead.
“We demonstrated in the first half, when we were able to execute, that we were the better team,” he said.
McFarland said Ulster “dropped off ” after the interval while captain Iain Henderson said the defeat would be a “bitter pill” to swallow.
Man-of-the-match George Ford said Leicester had been too passive in the first half.
“It was definitely the physicality and the collision that let us own,” Ford said. “We were pretty passive. The pleasing t...

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