James King is a Scottish rugby union player who plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12.

Background

He has also represented Scotland at under-18, under-19 and under-21 level and was educated at Berwick High School. He has had spells with both Border Reivers

Border Reivers

Border Reivers were raiders along the Anglo–Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Their ranks consisted of both Scottish and English families, and they raided the entire border country without regard to their victims' nationality...

 and L'Aquila

L'Aquila Rugby

L'Aquila Rugby 1936 are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in Super 10.The club is based in L'Aquila which is the capital of Abruzzo.The official colours of the club are black and green, the colours of the city of L'Aquila.-History:...

, the outfit from central Italy

Italy

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.

King scored his first try for the club away to Connacht

Connacht Rugby

Connacht Rugby is an Irish professional rugby union team based in Connacht that competes in the RaboDirect Pro12 comprising teams from the Celtic nations plus Italy. Normally, it also competes in the second-tier pan-European club competition, the European Challenge Cup...

 in April 2011, and followed this up by signing a two-year contract extension four days later.

External links

• http://www.edinburghrugby.org/team/centres/james-king