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| Birth name | Alexander David King | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1975-01-17)17 January 1975 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brighton,Sussex,England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Brighton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Bristol University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander David King (born 17 January 1975) is arugby union footballer who played atfly-half forASM Clermont Auvergne and formerlyWasps. He was also capped byEngland and theBarbarians.
In July 2020 it was announced King would be the attack coach atGloucester Rugby.[1] In January 2023, King was announced as the Attack Coach of the Welsh Rugby Union ahead of their Six Nations campaign.[2]
King attended St.Christopher's prep school in Hove,Brighton College andBristol University but started his rugby career withHove. The formerRosslyn Park player joinedWasps in 1996 and helped them win theLeague that year. He scored a try on his England debut against Argentina in 1997 and made his first Test appearance at Twickenham as a replacement against South Africa in 1998. He scored a try and a drop goal as Wasps won the 1999Anglo-Welsh Cup Final,[3] and the following year he kicked three penalties asWasps retained the cup.[4]
He earned his final cap against Wales in aWorld Cup warm up match in Cardiff in August 2003. However, an injury acquired during the game ultimately affected his selection prospects for the World Cup and he stayed at home. In theZurich Premiership he had seen a positive climax to 2003, being 'man of the match' in the Premiership final and amassing 24 points, asWasps beatGloucester 39–3. He finished as the leading Premiership points scorer, including playoffs, with 284 points. He was a kingpin of theWasps team which won theZurich Premiership andHeineken Cup double in the season 2003–04, scoring a drop goal in the Premiership final. The following season he helped Wasps complete a hat-trick of Premiership titles, again scoring a drop goal in the final.[5][6][7][8]
King won his second Heineken Cup with Wasps in 2007, in the final of which he scored four penalties and a drop goal.[9]
After retiring he worked as a backs coach withASM Clermont Auvergne. At the end of 2012 it was announced that he would go toNorthampton Saints as their backs coach for the start of the 2013/14 season. For the2017 Six Nations Championship, he has assumed the role of attack coach for theWales national rugby union team. After a three-year stint withMontpellier, in July 2020 King was announced as the attack coach atGloucester Rugby.[10] In January 2023, King was announced as the Attack Coach of the Welsh Rugby Union ahead of their Six Nations campaign.[11]