Cameron King

Cameron King (born 17 September 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2010s.

King's junior rugby league football clubs were the Wagga Kangaroos, Queanbeyan Blues and Hurstville United.

King was named the most valuable player in each match and went on to win "Man of the Series" as well as the Great Britain Community Lions coaches award.

[14] In December, he won the Val Lembit Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding sportsman in NSW, awarded by the Combined High Schools.

A three-day camp from 21–23 January at Homebush was coordinated by coach Ricky Stuart for players who he believed had potential to feature in future New South Wales Origin teams.

[22][23] He was earmarked by The Daily Telegraph as a future NRL superstar in an article that also featured Dragons Toyota Cup teammates, Beau Henry and Kalifa Faifai-Loa.

[24] King was given the opportunity to start at hooker for the annual Charity Shield match, against South Sydney, that was held at Stadium Australia on 13 February 2011, due to the absence of hooker Dean Young to injury and with Nathan Fien filling in at five eighth for Jamie Soward who was on representative duty for the annual All Stars Match.

"[27] King was selected to play in the 2011 World Club Challenge on 27 February 2011 at DW Stadium against the 2010 Super League premiers, Wigan.

He came off the bench and in the 55th minute managed to dummy his marker from a metre out of the try line before barging over to score his first try for the Red V and one that would prove to be the game winner.

[28][29] He left the field shortly after scoring his try when he ruptured his pectoral muscle trying to tackle New Zealand Warriors fullback Sam Tomkins.

[30] On 5 August 2011, King made a successful comeback from the injury sustained during the World Cup Challenge by coming off the bench with a strong 50-minute performance in St. George's under-20s 28–0 win against Wests Tigers at the Sydney Football Stadium in round 22.

"[40] On 4 July 2012, King along with teammates David Gower, Michael Lett and Jack Stockwell[41] played for the NSW Cup Representative side against the Queensland Residents at Suncorp Stadium.

In the round 10 match against the Sydney Roosters, while attempting to make a tackle, King ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left-knee four-minutes from full-time.

[51] Parramatta were later stripped of the Auckland Nines title and, due to salary cap restraints, King was forced to play outside the NRL squad for the remainder of the season with reserve grade team Wentworthville Magpies.

[53] In an interview with the Daily Telegraph in December, King thanked his friendship to former NRL player Kyle Stanley for his career and the help he was given during every injury set-back.

'’[54] King was named at hooker to make his NRL debut for Parramatta in their round 17 clash with arch-rivals the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

King returned to the starting lineup for the following week against Cronulla but following a 14–4 defeat he was one of the players dropped to reserve grade by coach Brad Arthur.

[57][58] After spending 2 months in reserve grade, King was recalled back into The Parramatta side for their round 11 game against The New Zealand Warriors.

King spoke to the media saying "Things are probably taking a little longer than I'd hoped, But I do have options back in the UK and in Australia.

I've been around friends and family and had a mental break from footy, but I've been assessing the options for next year, whether that be the Championship again, stepping up to Super League or coming back to Australia".

S. G. Ball Cup Debut: – Round 1, St. George Dragons v Parramatta Eels at Cabramatta Sports Ground, 16 February 2008 NYC Debut: – Round 19, St. George Illawarra Dragons v Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park Stadium, 21 July 2008 Australian Schoolboys Team captain ARL Schoolboy Cup Member New South Wales Under-18s Captain New South Wales CHS Under-18s Captain First Grade Debut: – Round 26, St. George Illawarra Dragons v South Sydney Rabbitohs at Jubilee Oval, 5 September 2010 Minor Premiership won Australian Junior Kangaroos member Charity Shield victory World Club Challenge victory Australian Junior Kangaroos member Charity Shield victory New South Wales Cup Debut: – Round 1, Illawarra Cutters v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at WIN Stadium, Wollongong, 3 March 2012 New South Wales Cup Origin Representative Queensland Cup Debut: – Round 1, Northern Pride v Mackay Cutters North Queensland Cowboys Debut: – Round 9, North Queensland Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos at Willows Sports Complex, 9 May 2014 NRL Auckland Nines victory 2016 Geoff Gerard NSW Cup Coaches' Award Parramatta Eels Debut: – Round 17, Parramatta Eels v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Stadium Australia, 29 June 2017.

King playing for Featherstone in 2019