By PAUL REES

Guy Porter was celebrating Leicester’s Premiership final victory over Saracens at Twickenham in June when he received a text that made sure he remained sober.
The Leicester centre, recruited by the club in 2020 when Steve Borthwick became the club’s head coach, was surprised to read that he would be leaving for Australia, the country where he grew up, on the following Monday with England.
“Luckily enough it came early in the night when we were still at Twickenham,” said Porter, who started the final two Tests in partnership with Owen Farrell having been an unused replacement ...