John Porch

John Porch
	Porch in Fiji in 2016
Date of birth	4 March 1994 (age 30)
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
Rugby union career
Years
International career
Years	Team
2015	Northern Suburbs
2015	Sydney Rays
2019	Northern Suburbs
2019–	Connacht
	Correct as of 18 May 2024
National sevens team
Years	Team
2015–2019	Australia 7s
	Correct as of 10 January 2021

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

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]

^ "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.