England centre Guy Porter retires aged 27 due to concussion
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Guy Porter, the former Leicester and England centre, has retired from all rugby at the age of 27 after suffering issues around concussion.
Porter left Leicester at the end of last season, having last played for the club against Northampton in the Premiership back in November.
He was last capped by England against Wales in a warm-up match ahead of the Rugby World Cup last year, but was not selected as part of Steve Borthwick’s squad for the tournament in France.
Porter told rugbydump.com:
“I had a particularly long-term injury from November which I struggled to get back from. I spoke to a few doctors and neurologists along the recovery journey and tried to work it out in my head, but ultimately, I’d decided that I’d pushed it as far as I’d like to.
It was bound to have an impact on my approach to the game, and I only really enjoyed it if I was willing to put my head in the spokes. As soon as I felt like I didn’t have the desire to do that I realised it was probably time to move on while I was still feeling positive about it.
“I finished my contract and in the context of all that, I just decided not to look for anything else because I felt like the ongoing risk outweighed my desire to continue.”
“I felt like the ongoing risk outweighed my desire to continue.”