BATH boss Mike Ford admitted his side had been outmuscled as he reflected on the end of their Champions Cup hopes in a 25-11 defeat to Leinster in Dublin last night. 

Ian Madigan's 15 kicked points had the Irish side in the driving seat, before a 59th minute try from Leroy Houston helped Bath to work their way back into contention.

However, the Blues responded with a try of their own from replacement Sean Cronin just three minutes later.

"A few things, a few areas. I think our set piece wasn't great, was it? Line-out, we didn't win too many collisions, and our discipline was poor. Madigan picked us off, kicking his goals," conceded Ford.

"We knew Leinster didn't want to lose here in all the three Champions Cup games, so we pretty much knew they were going to come at us, but we couldn't handle it.

"That's disappointing really, that we couldn't win a collision. Because you know what we did last week at Toulon, against a very, very big side. We did that last week, and couldn't do it this week."