US-born Australian hooker James King played in Major League Rugby during the 2021 season. He represented Old Glory DC for his entire MLR career.

Born in Greenwich, CT but raised in Australia, James King began playing rugby at the age of 6 and played as a back through is time at The Kings School in New South Wales. Following this, King joined the Eastern Suburbs in the Shute Shield, playing in the Easts system for 4 years between 2016-2019, during which time the team featured in two Grand Finals in 2018 & 2019. After his 4 years with the Easts, King headed to Hong Kong to join Valley RFC in the Hong Kong Premiership and helped the team to the HKRFU Premiership Final in which he featured in Valley’s double-overtime loss to Hong Kong RFC in February 2020.

In September 2020, Old Glory DC announced the addition of US-born James King for their 2021 Major League Rugby campaign. King earned 10 appearances in his debut season in North America, starting 3 times and scoring a pair of tries on over 100m gained in possession. He was named to the MLR Team of the Week for Round 16, during which he scored one of his tries as DC fell to the Toronto Arrows. NARDB understands that King did not continue to play rugby following his lone season with the Flags in 2021.

achievements

• MLR Team of the Week: 2021 – Rd 16