John Porch (born 4 March 1994) is an Australian professional

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player, currently playing for French Top 14 team

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. Porch joined Irish province

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, who compete in the

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and

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, ahead of the 2019–20

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season. Connacht's former head coach who signed Porch is former Australia 7s head coach

Andy Friend Andrew Friend (born 24 April 1969) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player. He completed his most recent post as Director of Rugby for Irish province Connacht at the end of the 2022/23 URC season. He was previously head coach of the ...

Australia

Porch represented Australia at the

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. He represented Australia at the

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for the Australian Sevens.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Porch, John 1994 births Living people Australian rugby union players Male rugby sevens players Australia international rugby sevens players Indigenous Australian rugby union players Indigenous Australian Olympians Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia Connacht Rugby players Australian expatriate rugby union players in Ireland Rugby union wings Sydney (NRC team) players Sportspeople from Orange, New South Wales Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players 21st-century Australian sportsmen