Michael Porter (born 25 March 1964) is an Australian former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played for the

Cronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales. They compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league ...

. Porter is the son of premiership winning St. George second rower

Monty Porter Montague "Monty" Porter PSM (1934–2011) was an Australian premiership winning and state representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a second rower with the St. George Dragons during their eleven-year p ...

, who was Cronulla's inaugural captain in 1967. A local junior from the

Engadine Dragons The Engadine Dragons Junior Rugby League Football Club is a rugby league football club that was formed in 1958 and competes in the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League. The club is based out of Engadine in the Sutherland Shire wher ...

, Porter debuted for Cronulla in 1984 and started out as a prop. He made 154 first-grade appearances for Cronulla, often featuring as a hooker, which included finals series in both 1988 and 1989. In 1988/89 he spent a season in England with the

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challeng ...

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Michael Porter
at Rugby League project {{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Michael 1964 births Living people Australian rugby league players Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks players Hull Kingston Rovers players Rugby league players from Sydney Rugby league props