The 2010 Champions were beaten by Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday in the semi-finals of the play-off competition but the Wales second-row believes there are positives to take into the off-season.
“We are proud of what we’ve done in terms of being the only Welsh team to qualify again for the play-offs,” he said.
“We finished with the highest points for, the highest tries scored and the most bonus points. So we’ve obviously done a few things right along the way this season.
“But we couldn’t finish things off as we wanted to.
“We’ve got to take this on the chin and learn from it.
“We wanted to defend our Magners title and we didn’t do that, so were are disappointed and hurting.
“But, in the cold light of day, we’ve got to another semi-final. It didn’t come off for us, but we can’t lose sight of that achievement.”
