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1 WILL PORTER

Age 22 (14 Dec 1998) Born Philadelphia, USA Position Scrum-half Club Wasps Country England

Where did At my local club, Amersham & Chiltern. My family isn’t really a rugby one – they’re big swimmers – but my dad took me down when I was ten years old. Then at school, Merchant Taylors’, I really fell in love with it. At the age of 15 I got into the county set-up and then Wasps.

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