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| Birth name | Regan Matthew King | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1980-10-02)2 October 1980 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cambridge, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Cambridge High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Jacob Cowley (son) Joelle King (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Regan Matthew King (born 2 October 1980) is a New Zealandrugby union player who plays as a centre. He currently plays forMid Canterbury in theHeartland Championship andNeath RFC in theWelsh Premier Division. He holds a British passport thanks to his British-born father, Paul King.
After finishing school atCambridge High School, King played for local rugby club Hautapu and was selected to play for Waikato in 2001[citation needed]. After playing forWaikato and theChiefs, he made his first and only Test appearance on 23 November 2002 againstWales at theMillennium Stadium inCardiff. Following this, King suffered several injuries hindering the progress of his career in New Zealand and taking him out of theNPC andSuper 12. After recovering, King was recruited byStade Français in November 2004.
After an unsuccessful six months in France, he moved to Wales to play for theLlanelli Scarlets.
In 2006, he was voted the best outside centre in the world by readers ofPlanet-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 joinClermont 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 joiningJersey 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.
King's sister,Joelle, is a professionalsquash player who wonCommonwealth Games gold medals in the doubles competition in2010 and the singles competition in2018. She also competed at the2014 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in the singles competition.[5]
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