Andrew King (rugby league)


Andrew King is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Gold Coast Chargers, Manly-Warringah, Northern Eagles and South Sydney in the National Rugby League.

Biography

Born in Lismore, King started his NRL career at the Gold Coast Chargers, recruited from the Marist Brothers Rams. He played as a full-back for the Gold Coast and made 49 first-grade appearances from 1995 to 1998, missing the 1996 season when he went to England to play for the Keighley Cougars.
King competed for Manly-Warringah in 1999, then had two seasons at the Northern Eagles following Manly's merger. In the 2001 season he began playing as a centre.
In 2002 he joined South Sydney for the club's first season back in the NRL. He featured in 20 first-grade games for the Rabbitohs.
King was retained by South Sydney in 2003 and finished his professional career in England, with the in the Super League.
He is the middle of the three King brothers who played in the NRL. His elder brother Chris King played for Parramatta and his younger brother Matt King won a grand final with the Melbourne Storm.