John Porch
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 Porch in Fiji in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 kg (218 lb; 15 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Porch (born 4 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player, currently playing for Irish side Connacht.
Porch joined Irish province Connacht, who compete in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup, ahead of the 2019–20 northern hemisphere season. Connacht's former head coach who signed Porch is former Australia 7s head coach Andy Friend.[1]
Australia
[edit]Porch represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2][3][4] He represented Australia at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games for the Australian Sevens.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Connacht Rugby announce signing of Australian winger John Porch". Connacht Rugby. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "John Porch". Australian Rugby Union website. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "John Porch". Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 28 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "John Porch". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- John Porch at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- John Porch at the Australian Olympic Committee (archive)
- John Porch at Olympics.com
- John Porch at Olympedia
- John Porch at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
