THERE have been no sob stories ahead of tomorrow’s game at Munster, just a determination to start turning these narrow losses into wins.

The game at Thomond Park is our last Guinness Pro12 fixture of a six-game block and things haven’t gone to plan. We didn’t set a points target but we wanted to make progress up the table and it started so well with a victory against Leinster.

We haven’t pushed on from there but our record with losing bonus points – we’ve come away with something from our last eight league games – shows that we are not far away.

After Munster we’ve got a two-week break to rest the body mentally and physically; when we come back we have to build towards a big derby game against the Ospreys at Rodney Parade and our European quarter-final at Gloucester.

There are so many games left to get something from the season. It’s not a case of regrouping or going back to the drawing board, we just have to work on the little areas that have let us down.

Morale is still pretty high even though it’s been a frustrating month that should have gone a lot better.

In recent weeks we’ve wasted a chance for a win in Treviso and the same against Glasgow. Even though they had a few of their Scotland players back – and it was interesting to see Josh Strauss coming off the bench in Rome two days after playing us – it was a chance for a home win that we should have taken.

A lot of the things that are leading to us losing tight games are self-inflicted – it’s not a case of the opposition being exceptional, we just have to improve at the one per centers that all add up.

Hopefully we can turn things around at Munster and, even though they’ve had some decent wins and are chasing the play-offs, we know that if we perform well – like we did in Ulster last month – then we can come out on top.

A lot of it boils down to turning up with the right attitude. The boys had that against Ulster in Belfast, they fought for everything and, along with that mentality, there were 15 players on that pitch putting in a good performance.

Too many times this season two or three of us haven’t been at the races for whatever reason and you just can’t get away with that in regional rugby because the standards are so high.

It’ll be good to take on Munster in the big stadium at Thomond Park in Limerick rather than Musgrave Park in Cork where we often play.

It’s a famous ground that I’ve never played at and it should be a good experience.

I was reduced to being a spectator when we played there in 2012 because Toby Faletau had been named in the XV but injured his ankle in the warm-up, so I ended up covering five positions on the bench and the coaches couldn’t risk bringing me on and there then being an injury.

It’s a fantastic stadium and should be a great arena for us to perform at; the pitch is wide so we can have an expansive approach that will hopefully work wonders.

We’ve shown at Rodney Parade what we can achieve when beating Munster in December. Consistency has been our problem but it’d be great to do the double over a quality side like Munster.

BEING involved in Limerick does have its down side – I will miss an event for mine and Ashley Smith’s beneficiary!

Ash will have to hold the fort at a dinner at the Celtic Manor, which will feature special guests Dan Lydiate and Shane Williams with Phil Steele as compere.

It promises to be a great night but I’ll have to settle for enjoying other events in coming months – all the details are at www.dragonsbeneficiary2016.co.uk