Jack Corstiaan van Poortvliet (born 15 May 2001) is an English professional

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player who plays as a scrum-half for

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club

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ...

and the England national team.

Club career

Van Poortvliet was born in

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whilst attending

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he began playing rugby for North Walsham R.F.C., at 12 years old he joined

academy pathway and at 13 joined

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to progress his rugby. Originally a fly half he switched position inside to scrum half and played as Leicester won the Under 18s academy league in the 2017-18 and 2018–19 seasons. Following the success of the academy side, in July 2019, van Poortvliet was one of 11 players offered professional terms to join the club's development squad. He made his first team debut for Leicester on 21 September 2019 in a

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match against

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. On 21 February 2020, van Poortvliet made his full Premiership debut in a 36–3 defeat to

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at the

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in Salford. Van Poortvliet's kick was charged down for Sale's first try. He scored his first try for Leicester against Harlequins on 13 February 2021, which won the ''"try of the week"'' award for that round of the

season. He scored against

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where he darted off the back of a maul, sidestepping

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and diving over the try–line to score. On 30 October 2021, van Poortvliet scored two tries after appearing as a substitute in the East Midlands Derby against

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. He captained Leicester for the first time on 13 November 2021, in a 32-23

win against

. On 28 September 2022 van Poortvliet extended his contract at Leicester.

International career

On 3 January 2020, van Poortvliet was named in the England under 20 squad for the 2020 Six Nations Championship. And he featured in first two matches against France and Scotland. In June 2022 van Poortvliet received his first call-up to the senior England squad by coach Eddie Jones. He made his debut for on 2 July 2022, scoring a consolation try as England lost 30–28 to in

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. On 7 August 2023, van Poortvliet was named in England's squad for the

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, but suffered a significant ankle injury in England's second warm up international and was forced to withdraw from the squad.

Personal life

Van Poortvliet comes from a farming family. His great-grandfather moved to Norfolk from the Netherlands prior to World War I and bought a farm there. His family is part Scottish on his mother's side. His father Jeff played for

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in the 1990s.

Career statistics

List of international tries

''As of 6 November 2022''

References

External links

* 2001 births Living people English rugby union players Leicester Tigers players People educated at Oakham School Rugby union players from Norwich Rugby union scrum-halves England international rugby union players {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub