Birth name | William Porter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1998-12-14)14 December 1998 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Will Porter (born 14 December 1998) is anEnglish professionalrugby union player forHarlequins.[1]
Porter was born inPhiladelphia.[2] At the age of one he moved to England and attendedMerchant Taylors' School.[2] At the age of ten he began playing rugby at local clubAmersham and Chiltern and later joined the academy ofWasps when he was fifteen.[2]
In April 2024, he scored two tries in Harlequins 42-41 victory overUnion Bordeaux Bègles in the quarter finals of theEuropean 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 forDanny Care in aPremiership game against league leadersNorthampton Saints, in a 41-32 victory for the Big Summer Kick Off fixture hosted atTwickenham Stadium.[4]
In August 2017 Porter scored a try forEngland under-18 againstFrance.[5]
In November 2024, Porter was named in theEngland A squad to faceAustralia A.[6]
In February 2025, he was called up to theEngland A training squad to faceIreland A.[7]
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