Andrew Porter determined to put on five-star show for Leinster

“It is an incredibly special and important week," said Porter.

DETERMINED: Andrew Porter training with Leinster. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Evan Treacy

Losing is one thing. Losing when you’re in the stand, unable to turn the tide, another. Andrew Porter was one of those Leinster players rested for last Saturday’s URC semi-final against Munster. What could he do but sit and squirm as Jack Crowley’s drop goal flew through Ryan Baird’s outstretched arms and then the uprights?

Of course there was frustration. How could there not? But that was then. The aim now is to reduce that to the level of footnote to a week that was always going to be the defining chapter in their season but that rare reversal has undeniably ratcheted up the levels of outside noise and inner contemplation.