"It was very disappointing really because we were going well in the second half and when we got to within a point of them I thought we had them. We had a real good cut off them when we drove them back to their line but coughed up the ball and gave away a penalty that let them off the hook.

" Rog was short with a penalty from distance but we were in a bit of bother later when they attacked inside our 22. So really I suppose we have to be happy that we got something out of it. Well like there s nothing we can do about it now and there s no point beating ourselves up about it. We have a point in the bag and it s a case of getting ourselves right for the return next Saturday.

"That s going to be a huge game and it will be an opportunity to make up for this one. If we do it right it ll leave us in a good position with two games to go. Mind you it won t be any easier. They re a big unit up front and have plenty of pace in the backs. But at home and with the crowd behind us we can give it a real good rattle.

"Our preparation went well enough but like a load of us hadn t been with the boys for over a month and maybe it was a big ask to expect to come back in and take out a team like Castres. Might have been different if we had a game under our belts and hopefully we ll be motoring a lot better next week".