United Rugby Championship: Leinster prop Andrew Porter to miss final

Ireland prop Andrew Porter has crashed out of the Leinster United Rugby Championship final with the Bulls.

Porter was forced off in the first half of the semi-final win over the Stormers and will miss Friday’s decider in Croke Park.

Captain Callan Dorris and hooker Dan Sheehan are both injury doubts and will be assessed ahead of the game.

Dorries picked up a knee injury in the win over the Stormers and Sheehan missed the last four tie.

Porter has been absent from Ireland’s Six Nations campaign with a calf problem and head coach Andy Farrell will name his squad for the July internationals on Wednesday.

Ireland will face Australia, Japan and New Zealand in their first Nations Championship.

Leo Cullen’s Leinster are aiming to win next years URC after being denied a fifth Champions Cup success with defeat to Bordeaux in Bilbao in May.

Ryan Baird, Jack Boyle, Will Connors, Hugh Cooney, RG Snyman, Charlie Tector and Paddy McCarthy are long-term absentees for Leinster and will miss the URC decider.

The game was a repeat of last season’s final, which Leinster won 32-7 and the Bulls won three of the past four deciders to win their first URC title.