DIRECTOR of rugby Lyn Jones admits that Newport Gwent Dragons deserved to be booed off the pitch after their second half collapse against Munster.

The Rodney Parade region were in a good position to claim just their second win of the Guinness Pro12 when they led 9-7 at the break but they conceded four tries to slip to a crushing 38-12 defeat.

It was their fourth defeat from five home games this season and led to some sections of the 5,783 crowd that had stayed to the end jeering them off the field.

"You play well you get cheered off, you play badly you get booed off," said Jones. "People pay their money and are entitled to make their choice."

The bottom five of the Pro12 are now cut adrift and the Dragons have just the Italian pair of Zebre and Treviso beneath them in the table.

The region have not added to their tally of seven league points since their bonus-point win against Treviso on September 28 and they are being hindered by meek second-half displays.

The Dragons have scored a total of just 19 points and one try after the resumption in their last five fixtures in all competitions.

Jones was frustrated that the promise of the opening 40 minutes against third-placed Munster evaporated.

"We had been making progress since the Edinburgh game and had really picked up our performances," said Jones.

"I said to Kingsley (Jones, head coach) at half-time 'what we have got out of this group is just superb' because we had hurried and harassed Munster.

"We stopped them getting their game going but with so much possession and territory we should have been 19-7 up, not 9-7.

"But second half we got outdone; they put the pressure on us, we couldn't get out of our 22 and as they scored more points our heads dropped."

It doesn't get any easier for the Dragons as their next league encounter pits them against Glasgow at Scotstoun Stadium.

The Warriors will be bolstered by their sizeable international contingent as, unlike Wales, Scotland are not playing an extra fixture outside of the IRB Test window.