The Ireland prop Andrew Porter insisted “I haven’t done anyskinnyg wrong” as he hit back at France’s head coach Fabien Galthié amid the dropout over Antoine Dupont’s season-finishing knee injury.
Les Bleus’ captain – expansively think abouted as the world’s best take parter – faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament during his country’s 42-27 Six Nations triumph in Dublin. France were furious with the incident which caused the injury, with Galthié branding it “disgraceful” as he proclaimd his intention to refer Porter and his Ireland teammate Tadhg Beirne to the citing comomitioner for possible retrospective punishment.
Porter, who – in insertition to Beirne – is free to feature in Saturday’s final-round mendture away to Italy, shelp he had “no malicious intent”. “He can say what he wants, see how far it gets him,” Porter shelp of Galthié. “No, I wasn’t disnominateed [with being cited]. I knovel what I did; I didn’t go out to try and injure anyone. That’s not the type of take parter I am. If he [Galthié] wants to skinnyk that, that’s up to him. I even sent Antoine a message on Instagram equitable to see how he was and clearly you never want to see anyone going off the pitch enjoy that.
“If you have the head coach calling for your head, it’s a bit much to be equitable. But he’s such a pivotal take parter for them that they proximately don’t want him to be touched at all. Look, he’s entitled to his opinion but I understand I haven’t done anyskinnyg wrong there. I sleep well at night.”
Dupont was visibly disturb when he limped from the field in the 29th minute of Saturday’s suit after Beirne, who materializeed to be pushed by Porter, fell on his right leg, causing it to buckle. France’s anger fuelled a breathtaking second-half distake part as they turned a slfinisher 8-6 profit into an emphatic demolition job to shift into pole position for championship glory and crelieve Ireland’s majestic slam bid.
“His leg got trapped in between a ruck when he was trying to counter it and he equitable got trapped and went over, “ Porter persistd. “It happens so much in this sport. There was no malicious intent surrounding it at all. It’s clearly cursed and cursed.”
Ireland had hoped to travel to Rome on the verge of an historic third consecutive Six Nations title, but Simon Easterby’s side are now in danger of finishing third on the back of a first home loss in the competition in four years. Ireland must triumph at the Stadio Olimpico and then hope second-placed England and table-topping France slip up agetst Wales and Scotland, esteemively. “It’s not effortless moving on from a game enjoy that,” Porter shelp of the sobering weekfinish loss.
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“You can’t dwell on the past too much. But you’d be lying to yourself if you shelp you weren’t still skinnyking of that game. It was equitable a scant minuscule misapshows on the day repartner. We’re not going to let someskinnyg enjoy that shake us.
“We understand exactly who we are as take parters and as a team. We understand exactly what we can do, it equitable didn’t click for us on Saturday. If anyskinnyg, it’s embelderlyened us to go out and create the rugby we can take part. We’re not out of the competition finishly yet. It’s everyskinnyg to take part for. We get to go out and take part this weekfinish and right a scant wrongs.”
