Ethan King | |
Birth Date: | 12 July 2002 |
Club1: | Sydney Roosters |
Year1start: | 2024 |
Year1end: | present |
Appearances1: | 1 |
Tries1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 0 |
Source: | [1] |
Updated: | 14 July 2024 |
Ethan King (born 12 July 2002) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL).
King played his junior rugby league for the Central Cape Suns in Weipa, Queensland.[2] [3] He attended Ipswich Grammar School and played for the North Ipswich Tigers before being signed by the Sydney Roosters.[4] [5]
King's father Andrew, and his uncles, Chris and Matt, are former professional rugby league players.[6]
In January 2018, King was a member of Queensland's Under-16 Emerging Origin squad.[7] [8] Later that year he represented SEQ Green at the Under-16 State Championships.[9]
In 2019 and 2020, King played for the Ipswich Jets in the Mal Meninga Cup.[10] [11]
In 2021, King joined the Sydney Roosters, playing for their SG Ball Cup and Jersey Flegg Cup teams.[12] [13]
In 2022, after starting the season in Flegg, King moved up to the New South Wales Cup, playing for the North Sydney Bears.[14] In 2023, he played 17 games for the Roosters' NSW Cup team.[15]
In Round 18 of the 2024 NRL season, he made his NRL debut, coming off the bench in a 42–12 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[16]