Alex King
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Alexander David King (born 17 January 1975 in Brighton) is a rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Wasps.
King attended Brighton College and Bristol University.
He has been capped by England and the Barbarians. The former Rosslyn Park player joined Wasps in 1996 and helped them win the League that year.
He scored a try on his England debut in 1997 and made his first Test appearance at Twickenham as a replacement against South Africa in 1998. King was left out of the World Cup squad in 1999, but bounced back to regain his spot. However, a shoulder injury forced him to pull out of Clive Woodward's squad for the tour of South Africa summer 2000. He returned to full fitness in October 2000 earning an instant recall to the England squad and toured with the squad to America and Canada in summer 2001.
He kicked Wasps to victory in the 2000 Tetley’s Bitter Cup final.
Alex went through a bad patch a couple seasons ago as a series of injuries robbed him of chances for both club and country and upon his return to the Wasps line-up came into a team teetering on the edge of the relegation zone. Alex took over the kicking duties from Kenny Logan in March that season and for the most part was consistent with the boot.
He earned his most recent cap against Wales in a World Cup warm up match in Cardiff in August 2003. However, an injury acquired during the game ultimately affected his selection prospects for the World Cup and he stayed at home. In the Zurich Premiership he had enjoyed a glittering climax to 2003, being 'man of the match' in the Premiership final and amassing 24 points, as Wasps beat Gloucester 39-3. He finished as the leading Premiership points scorer, including play offs, with 284 points. He was a kingpin of the outstanding Wasps team which won the Zurich Premiership and Heineken Cup double in the season 2003-04.
