Cameron King

He came off the bench and in the 55th minute managed to dummy his marker from a metre out of the try line before barging over to score his first try for the Red V and one that would prove to be the game winner.

St. George went on to win the game 21–15 in front of 24,268 fans.

He left the field shortly after scoring his try when he ruptured his pectoral muscle trying to tackle New Zealand Warriors Sam Tomkins.

Cameron King (born 17 September 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 2010s.

After moving to Sydney in 2005, he began playing in the St. George Junior Rugby League Football Competition for Hurstville United Junior Rugby League Football Club.

King was a member of the St. George Dragons S. G. Ball Cup team in 2008.

He debuted in round 1 against Parramatta Eels at Cabramatta Sports Ground on 16 February 2008.

King's form resulted in him becoming a member of the St. George Illawarra Dragons under-20's Toyota Cup team in 2008.

He debuted in round 19 against Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park Stadium on 21 July 2008.

He attended and graduated from Endeavour Sports High School in Taren Point, New South Wales, where he captained the senior team and received the Endeavour Sports High School 'Player of the Year Award' in 2009.

While attending Endeavour Sports High School in 2009 and playing for them in ARL Schoolboy Cup, King captained the Australian Schoolboys team which beat the Great Britain Community Lions team on two occasions with the scores of 66–0 and 66–18.

King was named the most valuable player in each match and went on to win "Man of the Series" as well as the Great Britain Community Lions coaches award.

That same year he also captained the New South Wales under-18s side which beat Queensland's under-18s 26–6.

In an interview with The Leader after winning, he said that he, "actually learnt to hate Queensland."

In July, he represented NSWCHS (NSW Combined High Schools) in the under-18's division.

He won the 'man of the match' in one game and was named MVP for the series.

In December, he won the Val Lembit Memorial Trophy for the most outstanding sportsman in NSW, awarded by the Combined High Schools.

He also received the 'DAU Medal', a medal in recognition of an individual, who has made the most outstanding on and off field contribution to the rugby league program at Endeavour Sports High School.

Brad Kelly, a teacher at the school, said "2009 was a pretty stellar year for him, he has probably achieved more this year than any other student who has gone through our rugby league program."

He made his debut for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the NRL in 2010 with whom he won the 2011 World Club Challenge.

He also played for the North Queensland Cowboys and the Parramatta Eels as well as Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.

King was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.

King's junior rugby league football clubs were the Wagga Kangaroos, Queanbeyan Blues and Hurstville United.

King made his first grade debut against South Sydney at Jubilee Oval in round 26 on 5 September 2010.

St. George Illawarra defeated Souths 38–24 and won the J. J. Giltinan Shield in front of a sell-out crowd of 18,274 people.

King was selected to play for the 2010 Junior Kangaroos against the Junior Kiwis.

The match was held at Westpac Stadium Wellington on 23 October.

Australia won 24–16.

King scored 1 try and kicked 2 goals.

He then played in the second game of the series at Rotorua International Stadium on 31 October 2010.

King converted two tries, scoring a total of 4 points.

Australia lost 20–36.

On 13 January, King was named in the "Blues in waiting" squad.

A three-day camp from 21–23 January at Homebush was coordinated by coach Ricky Stuart for players who he believed had potential to feature in future New South Wales Origin teams.

He was earmarked by The Daily Telegraph as a future NRL superstar in an article that also featured Dragons Toyota Cup teammates, Beau Henry and Kalifa Faifai-Loa.

King was given the opportunity to start at for the annual Charity Shield match, against South Sydney, that was held at Stadium Australia on 13 February 2011, due to the absence of hooker Dean Young to injury and with Nathan Fien filling in at five eighth for Jamie Soward who was on representative duty for the annual All Stars Match.

On 22 February 2011, it was confirmed that King had re-signed with St. George for a further two years.

In an interview with The Leader upon re-signing, King said "I'm happy here...It's a good club to be at and I didn't feel the need to look anywhere else."

King was selected to play in the 2011 World Club Challenge on 27 February 2011 at DW Stadium against the 2010 Super League premiers, Wigan.

On 5 August 2011, King made a successful comeback from the injury sustained during the World Cup Challenge by coming off the bench with a strong 50-minute performance in St. George's under-20s 28–0 win against Wests Tigers at the Sydney Football Stadium in round 22.