John Porch

John Porch (born 4 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player, currently playing for Irish side Connacht.

John Porch
Porch in Fiji in 2016
Date of birth (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994
Place of birthOrange, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb; 15 st 8 lb)
SchoolFarrer Memorial Agricultural High School
Rugby union career
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Northern Suburbs 13 (10)
2015 Sydney Rays 4 (15)
2019 Northern Suburbs 4 (20)
2019– Connacht 80 (90)
Correct as of 13 May 2023
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2015–2019 Australia 7s 26
Correct as of 10 January 2021

Porch joined Irish province Connacht, who compete in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup, ahead of the 2019–20 northern hemisphere season. Connacht's current head coach is former Australia 7s head coach Andy Friend.[1]

Australia

Porch represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2][3][4] He represented Australia at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games for the Australian Sevens.[5]

References
  1. "Connacht Rugby announce signing of Australian winger John Porch". Connacht Rugby. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. "John Porch". Australian Rugby Union website. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. "John Porch". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. "John Porch". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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