No divided loyalties for Australia's Harry Potter

30.10.2024 - 07:55 channelnewsasia.com

SYDNEY : Harry Potter the rugby player may have been born in the leafy London suburb of Wimbledon but with an accent more Saint Kilda than SW19, the versatile back has no doubt that his allegiances lie firmly with Australia.

The 26-year-old moved to Melbourne at the age of 10 and although he returned to England to play three seasons at Leicester Tigers he was delighted to receive a call-up to the Wallabies squad for the end-of-season tour of Europe."I was here for school.

I watched the Wallabies play when I was from year seven right up until going to uni and up until now," he told reporters on Wednesday. "I certainly feel like I was here for a more influential part of my life.

And I'm speaking with more of an Aussie accent than I am an English accent, which doesn't make you feel too English, to be honest, mate."After helping Leicester to the 2022 English Premiership title, Potter returned to Australia last year with the intent of forcing his way into the Wallabies set-up.

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