Ulster Cannot Panic In 'must-win' Games - Murphy

Head coach Richie Murphy says he does not want his Ulster squad to "feel desperate" against Munster astatine Thomond Park connected Friday night.

Sat 12th successful nan United Rugby Championship (URC) array pinch 2 games remaining, nan visitors cognize that a conclusion to their Irish rivals would almost surely extremity their hopes of a play-off spot and a spot successful adjacent season's Champions Cup.

With Ulster 3 points disconnected nan apical 8 pinch different distant crippled against Edinburgh to reason nan regular play adjacent week, Murphy said his broadside are successful a "must-win situation" going to Limerick.

"I don't want a business wherever nan players are emotion desperate. Yes, we're each hopeless to triumph but we don't want to play for illustration that," he said.

"We want to play for each different and play nan marque of rugby that we person complete nan past number of weeks.

"We've sewage a small spot of assurance from nan measurement we're playing, we conscionable request to move immoderate performances into results."

Ulster person mislaid 3 consecutive games successful each competitions having travel retired connected nan incorrect broadside of results against Bordeaux-Begles, Leinster and nan Sharks.

The second was nan 2nd clip this play nan broadside person mislaid despite starring 19-0 astatine half-time aft squandering a akin advantage against Cardiff successful October, while they been beaten 9 times successful 16 convention outings.

"We cognize wherever we are, nan convention position doesn't lie," Murphy added.

"Over nan people of nan season, we haven't won arsenic galore games arsenic we would person liked.

"When we look backmost and spot nan games that we could person won aliases should person won, aliases a prize constituent present aliases location that we should person picked up, that frustrates us.

"Over nan people of 16 games, that's wherever we sit. We've 2 much games to effort and make nan apical eight."

Ulster could beryllium boosted by nan returns to fittingness of 5 players pinch Iain Henderson, Robert Baloucoune, James Hume, Eric O'Sullivan and Sean Reffell each backmost successful training.

After injury-hit campaigns for galore of his frontline players, Murphy feels his squad is "in a really bully place" coming towards nan extremity of nan season.

Should nan play-off title not spell their way, nan erstwhile Ireland Under-20s coach still believes his overhaul of nan sheet is heading successful nan correct direction.

"We don't want to not beryllium successful nan apical 8 but if we're not, it's not nan lawsuit that nan spot is going to unopen down and move on," he added.

"We've a batch of very talented young players, we've had a really reliable tally of games this year, and a really reliable wounded profile.

"If we person to parkland this and move on, I tin guarantee we will build and beryllium amended for adjacent year."