Regan King

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Regan King
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King while playing for Clermont Auvergne
Birth nameRegan Matthew King
Date of birth (1980-10-02) 2 October 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Cambridge, New Zealand
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
School Cambridge High School
Notable relative(s) Jacob Cowley (son)
Joelle King (sister)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004–2005 Stade Français 13 (5)
2005–2011 Scarlets 126 (165)
2011–2014 Clermont Auvergne 66 (40)
2014–2016 Scarlets 37 (0)
2016 Jersey Reds 8 (0)
2018– Neath 0 (0)
Correct as of 30 November 2018
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2001–2003 Waikato 23 (90)
2017– Mid Canterbury ()
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2003 Chiefs 11 (10)
Correct as of 10 May 2003
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2002 New Zealand 1 (5)

Regan Matthew King (born 2 October 1980) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a centre. He currently plays for Mid Canterbury in the Heartland Championship and Neath RFC in the Welsh Premier Division. He holds a British passport thanks to his British-born father, Paul King.

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Career

After finishing school at Cambridge High School, King played for local rugby club Hautapu and was selected to play for Waikato in 2001[ citation needed ]. After playing for Waikato and the Chiefs, he made his first and only Test appearance on 23 November 2002 against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Following this, King suffered several injuries hindering the progress of his career in New Zealand and taking him out of the NPC and Super 12. After recovering, King was recruited by Stade Français in November 2004.

After an unsuccessful six months in France, he moved to Wales to play for the Llanelli Scarlets.

In 2006, he was voted the best outside centre in the world by readers of Planet-Rugby.com for their 2006 World XV. King was the only one of the players voted into the side that had not played any international rugby in the preceding 12 months.

In January 2011 King agreed to join Clermont Auvergne at the end of the season. [1]

After three years in France, King rejoined the Scarlets signing a two-year deal ahead of the 2014/15 season. [2]

On 30 October 2015, King played alongside his son Jacob Cowley for the Scarlets against the Newport Gwent Dragons, making them the first father and son pair to play together in the Pro 12. [3]

On 6 May 2016, it was announced that King would be leaving the Scarlets and joining Jersey Reds for the 2016–17 season. [4]

King returned to New Zealand in 2017 and joined the Mid Canterbury club side Southern, helping them to win the Watters Cup competition final on 23 July at Mayfield.

Personal life

King's sister, Joelle, is a professional squash player who won Commonwealth Games gold medals in the doubles competition in 2010 and the singles competition in 2018. She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in the singles competition. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rugby Union Tournaments | Top 14 | Clermont bag another international". Planet Rugby. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Regan King to return to Scarlets after two seasons with Clermont". 4 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Guinness Pro12: Scarlets 25–15 NG Dragons". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 30 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.jrfc.je/news/2015-16/ex-all-black-king-to-join-jersey-rfc.aspx [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Evan, Ryan (8 December 2010). "King of the courts rides high on wave of success". Stuff.co.nz. Stuff. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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