King’s on comeback trail at OEs after ACL nightmare

By NEALE HARVEY
BEN King has twice overcome career-threatening injuries in pursuit of the rugby career he loves.
Now the Exeter-born No.8 aims to repay the faith of Old Elthamians by winning promotion to the Championship.
Former Exeter University student King ruptured an ACL playing for Taunton in 2014, then suffered the same injury after joining OEs in 2015, costing him three years out and the chance to make it as a professional.
King, 24, told TRP: “My first injury wrote off my last year of university rugby at Exeter, which was tough because we had a chance of success and I’d ...

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