Birth name | William Porter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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]
In April 2024, he scored two tries in Harlequins 42-41 defeat of 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]
In August 2017 Porter scored a try for England under-18 against France. [4]
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