NEWPORT'S experienced flanker Jason Forster has blasted his side's humiliating 70-18 Heineken Cup defeat at Toulouse - and fumed: "We should hold our heads in shame."

Newport conceded ten tries, five in a ten-minute spell, as they crashed to their heaviest defeat in European competition.

Forster, the Wales Sevens captain, pulls no punches in his attack after Newport were labelled as no better than an Italian team by the French media.

"The match was shown all over Europe on television and it was disgraceful," stormed an angry Forster, who stressed he included himself in the criticism.

"The whole team should apologise to Newport owner Tony Brown and to the supporters. "We've got to hold our heads in shame, it was disgusting.

"We are getting professional wages, but we are playing an amateur game.When we put the jersey on we have got to have feeling - and I include myself in this.

"Players have got to ask themselves 'Am I good enough?'

"Toulouse were fantastic, but if you miss tackles you are going to get the runaround." Forster says that if the players dislike what he is saying they can lump it.

"If they don't like it and if they are hurt then good, it may be the kick up the backside we all need," he said.

"It may be we should ask ourselves what can we do to turn this around."

Forster refuses to include coaches Leigh Jones and Richard Hill is his criticism.

"I'm not going to get involved in that, the coaches are not there when the players are missing tackles," he said.

Newport, meanwhile, are awaiting the results of a scan on Wales centre Andy Marinos.

He had to leave the field after a quarter-of-an-hour against Toulouse and was on crutches after the game suffering from damaged ligaments in his right foot.

Wing Matt Mostyn suffered a recurrence of his groin injury, but should be fit for next Saturday's game against Edinburgh.

So should scrum half Dale Burn, pressed into service on the left wing, who injured a shoulder and calf muscle against Toulouse.