Ulster head coach Richie Murphy says there is no time for “wallowing” after losing 24-20 to Leinster in the United Rugby Championship.
Two scores from Werner Kok and a Tom Stewart try helped Ulster to a 17-7 half-time lead at the Aviva Stadium.
However, Leinster, aided by a strong bench, rallied as Joshua Kenny and Ireland internationals James Lowe and Dan Sheehan crossed to give the hosts a comeback win.
“It was a difficult turnaround in the second half, we never really got our game going,” Murphy told Premier Sports.
“We probably went away from what we were doing in the first half and if you give a team like Leinster a little bit of field position, they can play on top of you and it’s very hard to try and recover.”
It is a second defeat in a row for Ulster, who have had a superb start to the season.
A much-changed side let slip a 14-point lead to lose to Cardiff in the Challenge Cup, and Leinster inflicted a second league defeat of the season on Murphy’s young side.
However, they still remain fourth in the table, one place ahead of Leinster, and take on Connacht in Galway after Christmas.
“We can’t spend too much time wallowing over this. We have to learn from it and move on,” Murphy added.
“We did talk about that last week and now it’s a second defeat on the bounce. That’s something we want to try and change pretty quickly.
“We’ll park this, prepare for Connacht and move on.”
