Damning image of Lion emerges after series win with major backlash online

I was a ref referee coach and assesor for 17 seasons most at level 2

Stills or videodont matter straight square and steady is the requirement - a la hamlet Porter honours it in the breach

The tezzano hit was worse you can’t impact or hit above the sternum

Best you can say that ref reds to attend an optometrist

The mouth are reading kills the Lions bull dust of staging

That’s red e ery day of the week

There will be no game cause insurance will become unobtainable due to refs not applying laws to stop the deaths some seasons ago of head injury laws

Powys v Evans leave refused to House of Lords held the ref responsible for 2 million quadriplegic case plus the Home Unions bailed the ref and the welsh r u out

No insurance coy will touch rugby insurance if refs don’t apply the laws properly

If Porter has been getting away with anything that must be down to WR employing terrible refs. The only ref to regularly ping him at test level was the notoriously biased Wayne Barnes. Top ex-pros like Professor Scrum himself, David Flatman has consistently lauded Porter’s strong scrummaging performances.

I spoken about this on other sites YouTube especially and to me it's disgusting as someone has already said he should be penalised at every scrum you think how much this has helped this Irish side in the past, scrum on the half way line porter bores in at that crazy angle clown refs give a penalty to Ireland they kick to the corner and they are 5 yards out line out rolling maul try conversion 7 points rugby is a joke I've been watching for over 50 years how could you explain that to anyone when they say scrumage straight and I don't want to hear Nigel owens defend it either this lions team were lucky to beat Australia some of the decisions have been ridiculous look at a 4 match ban for sheehan never looked at or seen by 4 officials who were calling some crazy decisions especially the 4th ref in the box so basically that would have been a red card get real rugby sort out the refs this is a dying sport and no wonder

The referee has a duty of care to protect the players from serious injury. Soon as a prop drives at an angle he should blow up instantly in the interest of player safety. It seems that this foul play is poorly policed by match officials and world rugby who allegedly takes players safety very seriously needs to issue clear guidelines for players and officials

I've never been impressed by him he's really average in every way

It was embarrassing to see Porter selected ahead of Genge. One of them was the best loosehead in the series, the other was Irish and therefore 3 steps higher on the selection ladder.

He’s an awful player. Weak, can’t carry and too short. The fact refs don’t call him shows the influence the northern hemisphere unions have on the IRB and their referee selection. And there is no way the tall dwarf is 120kgs. All 5 foot of him.

That image says it all. Porter isn't scruming straight.

Of course Porter scrummed in and he kept dropping his elbow causing scrum to collapse and even won penalties. For this action in the second test.

Ppersonally the referees and assistant refs need to be tackled on this issue.

Had they dealt with it early in the game, he might have changed or been yellow carded for repeat offences.

Porter is a sore loser that can’t handle getting penalised for his illegal and crooked scrummaging.

He was driving on a 45° angle multiple times in Game 3. One of them was so bad you could drive a bus between Sheehan and himself.

Having been a light weight hooker myself years ago, when rugby hookers had to actually hook the ball. I believe the biggest problem is the majority of rugby officials, if not all of them, have only ever played in the back line themselves and really no idea what happens in the scrums .

It is Porter’s party trick. He does a version of it at every scrum if/when he can get away with it.

It’s amazing that he gets away with it in a case like the example cited, but even more shocking that refs don’t go into the games wise to his habit. The ref in the third test could have watched a few scrums from the second test and seen that boring into the hooker is the standard way that Porter tries to avoid the scrum contest.

It’s also not a minor thing. Scrum penalties can and do lead to games being won and lost.

How Porter was favoured over Genge I will never understand. Porter was found wanting on this tour in every department and was no match for Tupou.

I’m no scrum expert - but I would think that scrumming at an angle like that must be dangerous for the opposing hooker?

If so, why would it not be cited much like a dangerous clear out or high hit?

Or should we wait until someone’s neck gets broken?

Damage done. He won’t get away with this again so I think it’s game over for Porter. Opposition coaches will be in every referees ear before a test match against Ireland.