| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Ross King | |
| Irish: | Rosach Ó Cionga |
| Feet: | 5 |
| Inches: | 11 |
| Nickname: | Roddy |
| Occupation: | Sales adviser |
| County: | Laois |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | Rathdowney–Errill |
| Clcounty: | 2 |
| Colleges: | University College Dublin |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Laois |
| Icposition: | Left corner-forward |
| Icyears: | 2014-present |
| Icapps(Points): | 22 (2-73) |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 11 July 2021, 16:57 |
| Birth Date: | 1993 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Rathdowney, County Laois, Ireland |
Ross King (born 16 August 1993) is an Irish hurler who plays for Laois Senior Championship club Rathdowney–Errill and at inter-county level with the Laois senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward.[1]
King first came to prominence as a member of the Rathdowney–Errill club at juvenile and underage levels. He eventually joined the club's senior team and has since won County Championship titles in 2012, 2014 and 2019.[2] He simultaneously played with University College Dublin in the Fitzgibbon Cup, having earlier won a Collingwood Cup medal as a soccer player.[3] King made his first appearances at inter-county level during a three-year stint with the Laois under-21 team.[4] He joined the Laois senior hurling team in 2014 and was at corner-forward when Laois secured the 2019 Joe McDonagh Cup title.[5]
| Team | Year | National League | McDonagh Cup | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Laois | 2014 | Division 1B | 6 | 1-09 | — | 5 | 0-06 | 1 | 0-02 | 12 | 1-17 | ||
| 2015 | 5 | 1-05 | — | 3 | 0-06 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-11 | ||||
| 2016 | 5 | 0-03 | — | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-03 | ||||
| 2017 | 6 | 0-39 | — | 4 | 0-41 | 1 | 0-01 | 11 | 0-81 | ||||
| 2018 | 6 | 0-58 | 4 | 0-35 | — | — | 10 | 0-93 | |||||
| 2019 | — | 5 | 2-09 | — | 2 | 1-01 | 7 | 3-10 | |||||
| 2020 | 5 | 0-41 | — | 1 | 0-10 | 1 | 1-02 | 7 | 1-53 | ||||
| 2021 | 5 | 1-16 | — | 1 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-02 | 7 | 1-20 | ||||
| Career total | 38 | 3-171 | 9 | 2-44 | 15 | 0-65 | 7 | 2-08 | 69 | 7-288 | |||
2012
2012, 2014, 2019