Ireland prop admits that he felt a little intimidated at the Principality Stadium earlier in his career
“It’s tough when you’re in a stadium like the Principality to hear yourself think, but you have to do your best in terms of slowing your thought process down, and not letting the occasion get to you.“That’s something I’ve really worked on, and the coaches and sports psychologist Gary Keegan has done really well with some guys who are breaking into the team, and might not be used to those big games and big stadiums.
Porter also expects the atmosphere at the Principality Stadium to be ramped up by it being Warren Gatland’s first game in his second coming as the Welsh head coach. “It’s the first game back with Gats at the wheel, and they’ve gone with a real experienced selection of players. I remember back to 2018, and when we did the Grand Slam that year, and when we went away to France, that’s one of the most hostile places you can go, and we came away with a win there.
“It’s hard to really pinpoint what it was that year, things didn’t really click for us. It’s obviously a tough place to go, in terms of going to Cardiff, and the atmosphere that will be there. But what the coaches have done really well is prepare us. “Some lads haven’t played there before, and Faz and the other coaches, and players, have been letting the younger lads know what to expect going over to Cardiff.”
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