Porter up front on scrum struggles ahead of La Rochelle test

Leinster's Andrew Porter (right) during a training session at the Leinster Rugby HQ, Rosemount, University College Dublin in Ireland. Photo credit: Niall Carson/PA Wire.

Andrew Porter could have sought comfort and refuge in the collective. He could have spoken in vague terms about the issues Leinster have had in the scrum in their last two Heineken Champions Cup games.

Exceptional as they have been against Leicester Tigers and Toulouse, there is the unavoidable fact that they have conceded nine penalties at that setpiece across the quarter- and semi-finals.