{{short description|Australian rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography | image = John Porch.jpg | image_size = | caption = Porch in Fiji in 2016 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|3|4}} | birth_place = Orange, New South Wales, Australia | height = {{height|m=1.85}} | weight = {{cvt|99|kg|lb stlb}} | position = | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | repyears1 = 2015 | repteam1 = Northern Suburbs | repcaps1 = 13 | reppoints1 = 10 | repyears2 = 2015 | repteam2 = Sydney Rays | repcaps2 = 4 | reppoints2 = 15 | repyears3 = 2019 | repteam3 = Northern Suburbs | repcaps3 = 4 | reppoints3 = 20 | repyears4 = 2019–2025 | repteam4 = Connacht | repcaps4 = 87 | reppoints4 = 95 | repyears5 = 2025- | repteam5 = Vannes | repcaps5 = 7 | reppoints5 = 5 | repupdate = 26 April 2025 | repsevensyears1 = 2015–2019 | repsevensteam1 = {{nowrap|{{nrut7|Australia}}}} | repsevenscomp1 = 26 | ru_sevensupdate = 10 January 2021 | school = Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School }}
'''John Porch''' (born 4 March 1994) is an Australian professional rugby union player, currently playing for French Top 14 team Vannes.
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.connachtrugby.ie/connacht-rugby-announce-signing-of-winger-john-porch/ |title=Connacht Rugby announce signing of Australian winger John Porch |date=15 May 2019 |work=Connacht Rugby |access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
==Australia== Porch represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Porch |url=http://www.rugby.com.au/players/john-porch |website=Australian Rugby Union website |access-date=19 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=John Porch |url=http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/john-porch |work=Official Site of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-date=28 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728193752/http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/john-porch |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rugby.com.au/en/news/2016/07/13/22/38/sevens-olympic-team-announcement |title=Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced |last=Newman |first=Beth |date=14 July 2016 |website=www.rugby.com.au |access-date=2016-09-03}}</ref> He represented Australia at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games for the Australian Sevens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/rugby-sevens/athlete-profile-n6029444-john-porch.htm |title=John Porch |work=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |access-date=5 June 2022}}{{dead link|date=August 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Rugby Sevens Series player|mens/56556}} * {{AOC|archive=20180409171639}} * {{Olympics.com|john-porch}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{SR/Olympics|po/john-porch-1|archive=20200114092811}}
{{Australia 2016 Summer Olympics Squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Porch, John}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Australian rugby union players Category:Male rugby sevens players Category:Australia international rugby sevens players Category:Indigenous Australian rugby union players Category:Indigenous Australian Olympians Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic rugby sevens players for Australia Category:Connacht Rugby players Category:Australian expatriate rugby union players in Ireland Category:Rugby union wings Category:Sydney (NRC team) players Category:Sportspeople from Orange, New South Wales Category:Northern Suburbs Rugby Club players Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen