George King (rugby league)

George King
Personal information
Born (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995
Huddersfield, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 15 st 6 lb (98 kg)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Loose forward, Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–18 Warrington Wolves 97 7 0 0 28
2015(loan) → N Wales Crusaders 5 2 0 0 8
2018(loan) → Rochdale Hornets 5 1 0 0 4
2019– Wakefield Trinity 0 0 0 0 0
Total 107 10 0 0 40
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–17 Ireland 5 3 0 0 12
As of 14 October 2018
Source: [1][2]

George King (born 1995) is an Irish international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Warrington Wolves in the European Super League.(Heritage № 1113)[1][2]

Background

King was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

George is the older brother of Toby King: they both played their amateur rugby league at Meltham All Blacks, and George additionally played for Siddal. They were spotted by the Wires’ Yorkshire scout Tommy Gleeson after both appeared for Huddersfield.

In 2016 he was called up to the Ireland squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup European Pool B qualifiers.[3]

Warrington

King was promoted to Warrington first team squad in 2014.[4] His Super League début was against Bradford Bulls in June 2014.

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Warrington Wolves trio named in Ireland squad for World Cup qualifiers". Warrington Guardian. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Gordon, James (24 March 2014). "Brothers promoted to Wolves first-team squad". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 23 July 2014.


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