Andrew Porter: 'We've got a huge chip on our shoulder'

Trophyless these past two seasons, the province will lack for nothing in the way of motivation tomorrow when they face Munster.

LOOKING BACK: Andrew Porter is shown a photograph of his father, Ernie Porter, a former pupil of the school, by Principal Emma Raughter after a squad training session on the Leinster Rugby 12 Counties Tour at Kilkenny College. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

The World Cup? Andrew Porter took it harder than most. Not only because he has always stewed that bit longer after a defeat, but thanks to the frustrations endured in the course of that quarter-final defeat to New Zealand.

The Leinster tighthead was pinged by referee Wayne Barnes at a couple of scrums and his combination of disgruntlement and puzzlement was clear at the time when the cameras zoomed in on him looking to the heavens.