Reuben Porter (born 26 March 1997) is a
Cook Islands international 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 plays as a forward for the
North Sydney Bears in the
NSW Cup.
Background
Porter was born in
Wellington, New Zealand. He is of
Cook Islands
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descent.
Playing career
Club career
Porter came through the youth system at the
Sydney Roosters.
He played for the
Wyong Roos in 2018.
Porter played for the
Mount Pritchard Mounties between 2019 and 2020.
He joined the
Tweed Seagulls
The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls or Tweed Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales. It is one of only two non-Queensland teams to play in the Queensland Cup, along with the ...
ahead of the
2022 Queensland Cup
The 2022 Queensland Cup season was the 27th season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the Hostplus Cup due to sponsorship, featured 14 teams playing a 24-wee ...
season.
In 2023, Porter joined NSW Cup side North Sydney.
International career
Porter made his international debut for the
Cook Islands
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in May 2017 against
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
.
In 2022 he was named in the
Cook Islands squad for the
2021 Rugby League World Cup
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021) was a collection of world cups in the sport of rugby league, held in England from 15 October to 19 November 2022. England won hosting rights for the competition on 27 October 2016. The bid received £2 ...
.
References
External links
Tweed Seagulls profileCook Islands profile
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1997 births
Living people
Cook Islands national rugby league team players
Cook Island rugby league players
New Zealand rugby league players
New Zealand sportspeople of Cook Island descent
Rugby league second-rows
North Sydney Bears NSW Cup players
New Zealand expatriate rugby league players
Cook Island expatriate rugby league players
Expatriate rugby league players in Australia
Cook Island expatriate sportspeople in Australia
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Rugby league players from Wellington City