Will Porter (born 14 December 1998) is an

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professional

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player for Harlequins.

Career

Club career

Porter was born in

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. At the age of one he moved to England and attended Merchant Taylors' School. At the age of ten he began playing rugby at local club Amersham and Chiltern and later joined the academy of

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when he was fifteen.

Harlequins

In April 2024, he scored two tries in Harlequins 42-41 victory over

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in the quarter finals of the European 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. On 27 April 2024, he scored twice as a second half replacement for

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in a Premiership game against league leaders

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, in a 41-32 victory for the Big Summer Kick Off fixture hosted at

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International career

In August 2017 Porter scored a try for England under-18 against

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References

External links

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1998 births Living people English rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Wasps RFC players People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood {{England-rugbyunion-bio-stub