Andrew Porter

Andrew Gerald Porteris an Irish professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team.

Career

Club career

Porter entered the Leinster academy in Summer 2016 and made his senior first team debut off the bench against Benetton Treviso in the first game of the season on 2 September. He was noted for his surprising speed and mobility in the loose, as evidenced by him making a break and scoring a try from inside his own half in the 2015–16 season for UCD in the AIL League.

International career

At under-20 level, Porter starred for the Ireland U20 team for two seasons, including being involved in their best ever result in the Junior World Championship in 2016, when they finished runners-up. He made twelve appearances and scored two tries over the two seasons of his involvement with the squad.

Porter first represented Ireland at senior level in 2017.

On 6 May 2021, Porter was named in the squad for the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa.