Will Porter
Birth name | William Porter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Philadelphia, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Professional Rugby Player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Will Porter (born 14 December 1998) is an English professional rugby union player for Harlequins.[1]
Career
Club career
Porter was born in Philadelphia.[2] At the age of one he moved to England and attended Merchant Taylors' School.[2] At the age of ten he began playing rugby at local club Amersham and Chiltern and later joined the academy of Wasps when he was fifteen.[2]
Harlequins
In April 2024, he scored two tries in Harlequins 42-41 victory over Union Bordeaux Bègles in the quarter finals of the European Champions Cup. It was only the second time overall and the first time away that the club had won a knockout game in the competition reaching the semi finals for the first time.[3] On 27 April 2024, he scored twice as a second half replacement for Danny Care in a Premiership game against league leaders Northampton Saints, in a 41-32 victory for the Big Summer Kick Off fixture hosted at Twickenham Stadium.[4]
International career
In August 2017 Porter scored a try for England under-18 against France.[5]
References
- ^ "Will Porter". ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ a b c Mockford, Sarah (9 March 2021). "Hotshot: Wasps scrum-half Will Porter". Rugby World. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Investec Champions Cup: Bordeaux 41-42 Harlequins - Quins win thriller to reach semi-finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Harlequins v Northampton Saints - Rugby Union - BBC Sport". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Iles, Robert (11 August 2017). "Gloucester youngster plays in opening win for England U18s in South Africa". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
External links
- Wasps Profile
- ESPN Profile
- Ultimate Rugby Profile
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