{{Short description|New Zealand rugby player (born 1980)}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Regan King | image = Regan king.jpg | caption = King while playing for Clermont Auvergne | birth_name = Regan Matthew King | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|10|2}} | birth_place = Cambridge, New Zealand | height = {{height|m=1.88}} | weight = {{convert|93|kg|stlb}} | ru_currentteam = | ru_currentposition = Centre | position = Centre | provinceyears1 = 2001–2003 | provinceyears2 = 2017– | province1 = {{Rut|Waikato}} | province2 = {{Rut|Mid Canterbury}} | provinceapps1 = 23 | provincepoints1 = 90 | ru_provinceupdate = | superyears1 = 2003 | super1 = {{Rut|Chiefs}} | superapps1 = 11 | superpoints1 = 10 | super14update = 10 May 2003 | years1 = 2004–2005 | years2 = 2005–2011 | years3 = 2011–2014 | years4 = 2014–2016 | years5 = 2016 | years6 = 2018– | clubs1 = Stade Français | clubs2 = Scarlets | clubs3 = Clermont Auvergne | clubs4 = Scarlets | clubs5 = Jersey Reds | clubs6 = Neath | apps1 = 13 | apps2 = 126 | apps3 = 66 | apps4 = 37 | apps5 = 8 | apps6 = 0 | points1 = 5 | points2 = 165 | points3 = 40 | points4 = 0 | points5 = 0 | points6 = 0 | ru_clubupdate = 30 November 2018 | repyears1 = 2002 | repteam1 = New Zealand | repcaps1 = 1 | reppoints1 = 5 | relatives = Jacob Cowley (son)<br/>Joelle King (sister) | school = Cambridge High School }} '''Regan Matthew King''' (born 2 October 1980) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays as a centre. He currently plays for Mid Canterbury in the Heartland Championship and Neath RFC in the Welsh Premier Division. He holds a British passport thanks to his British-born father, Paul King.
==Career== After finishing school at Cambridge High School, King played for local rugby club Hautapu and was selected to play for Waikato in 2001{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}. After playing for Waikato and the Chiefs, he made his first and only Test appearance on 23 November 2002 against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Following this, King suffered several injuries hindering the progress of his career in New Zealand and taking him out of the NPC and Super 12. After recovering, King was recruited by Stade Français in November 2004.
After an unsuccessful six months in France, he moved to Wales to play for the Llanelli Scarlets.
In 2006, he was voted the best outside centre in the world by readers of [http://www.planet-rugby.com/News/story_56074.shtml Planet-Rugby.com] for their 2006 World XV. King was the only one of the players voted into the side that had not played any international rugby in the preceding 12 months.
In January 2011 King agreed to join Clermont Auvergne at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9818_6718429,00.html |title=Rugby Union Tournaments | Top 14 | Clermont bag another international |publisher=Planet Rugby |accessdate=3 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905120603/http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9818_6718429,00.html |archivedate=5 September 2012}}</ref>
After three years in France, King rejoined the Scarlets signing a two-year deal ahead of the 2014/15 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/regan-king-return-scarlets-after-6368764|title = Regan King to return to Scarlets after two seasons with Clermont|date = 4 December 2013}}</ref>
On 30 October 2015, King played alongside his son Jacob Cowley for the Scarlets against the Newport Gwent Dragons, making them the first father and son pair to play together in the Pro 12.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guinness Pro12: Scarlets 25–15 NG Dragons |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34661124 |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=30 October 2015 |accessdate=24 November 2015 }}</ref>
On 6 May 2016, it was announced that King would be leaving the Scarlets and joining Jersey Reds for the 2016–17 season.<ref>http://www.jrfc.je/news/2015-16/ex-all-black-king-to-join-jersey-rfc.aspx {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
King returned to New Zealand in 2017 and joined the Mid Canterbury club side Southern, helping them to win the Watters Cup competition final on 23 July at Mayfield.
==Personal life== King's sister, Joelle, is a professional squash player who won Commonwealth Games gold medals in the doubles competition in 2010 and the singles competition in 2018. She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal in the singles competition.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Evan |title=King of the courts rides high on wave of success |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/4435089/King-of-the-courts-rides-high-on-wave-of-success |website=Stuff.co.nz |publisher=Stuff |date=8 December 2010 |accessdate=13 April 2018 }}</ref>
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