Le Drop an inspiration for Porter and Ireland in France

Ireland's last winning campaign started with a Johnny Sexton dropgoal deep into overtime at the Stade de France and Andrew Porter is eager to emulate that famous victory.

From there, under head coach Joe Schmidt, Ireland went on to complete just a third-ever Grand Slam.

Since then there have been slim pickings in terms of championship highs alongside a disappointing World Cup campaign in 2019.

Saturday’s comprehensive 29-7 win over Wales has set Andy Farrell’s side, who face France on Saturday, up for a tilt at the title and prop Porter wants a slice of the glory.

"It's a tough place to go but thinking back even to 2018 when we went over there and Johnny kicked that drop-goal when the clock was in the red, thinking back to those days, you want those days again," he said.

"We will be champing at the bit to go over to Paris.

"The message is that we're going to review this [Wales] game but we have to shift our focus quickly onto France because we know that watching them and their current form, how dangerous they are and the calibre of players they have."

Ireland have won their last eight games in a row as they go looking for what would be just a fourth victory over Les Bleus in Paris since the early 1970s.

"We're not looking at that nine in a row, you have to take everything as it comes," said the 26-year-old Leinster loosehead.

"They're an incredible team with the players they have but we're definitely more than capable to turn them over in their home patch.

"That's the nature of this competition.

"It's nearly knock-out rugby, it's like the semi-final or final in terms of getting maximum points. It's really important to build momentum and [beating Wales] was really good in that sense."

Porter, alongside hooker Ronán Kelleher and