No quarter-final 'curse' baggage within Irish camp, insists Porter

Porter was having none of any talk about squad hang-ups over Ireland’s World Cup history.

NO HANG-UPS: Andrew Porter poses for a portrait after an Ireland rugby media conference at Complexe de la Chambrerie in Tours, France. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

It is the statistic that will keep Ireland supporters awake for at least the next month and a bit, this nation’s failure to go past the quarter-final stage of the Rugby World Cup.

This will be Ireland’s 10th attempt to smash the glass ceiling but inside the Ireland camp currently in Tours, there is no concern about past failures, according to Andrew Porter, only a firm belief that they are a team that is capable of actually winning the tournament this time around.