Biography
King began playing rugby league at the age of seven for his local club side the Casino RSM Cougars in northern New South Wales. When Matt was eleven he moved to Wauchope where he played Junior League for the Wauchope Blues in the under-11 and under-12 teams before moving back to Casino. When back in Casino, King joined the Lismore Marist Brothers Rams who went on to win the Group 1 A-Grade Premiership. In 2000, he was signed by the North Sydney Bears where he worked his way through the grades at the club playing in both Jersey Flegg and reserve grade. King suffered a serious shoulder injury in 2002 while playing off the bench for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks' reserve grade side and then quit rugby league because of a claimed disinterest.
After hanging up his boots at the age of 22, King took up several odd jobs such as working as a bar man and even a garbage collector. Ray Warren began to refer to him as "Ropehead", after his return to the NRL with dreadlocked hair. before deciding to give rugby league another go in 2003, signing with the Melbourne Storm's feeder club, Brisbane Norths on the insistence of former North Sydney teammate Matt Orford who was now at the Storm.
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