"King, from Kent, was left partially paralysed in 2009, aged 24, after being diagnosed with a blood clot on his spine, which required a 21-hour emergency operation. He began playing wheelchair rugby league in 2016 with Dartford-based club Argonauts, and soon broke into the England squad. "Wheelchair rugby league is a special sport and the England squad are a special group,""
"King scored the third of England's five tries - with Brown getting two - when they beat France dramatically 28-24 at Manchester Central to win the Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup in November 2022. England head coach Tom Coyd said: "To tell Lewis King that he will captain his country was an immense privilege for me. "The journey he has been on since suffering a life-changing injury 16 years ago is inspirational.""
Lewis King, 40 and a London Roosters player, will captain England on the wheelchair rugby league Ashes tour to Australia in October after Tom Halliwell was ruled out with a shoulder injury. Jack Brown of Halifax Panthers, who spent four years coaching in Australia, has been named vice-captain. King was left partially paralysed in 2009 at age 24 after a spinal blood clot required a 21-hour emergency operation. He began playing wheelchair rugby league in 2016 with Dartford's Argonauts and soon joined the England squad. King scored in the 28-24 win over France to help secure the 2022 World Cup. England will play Australia on 30 October and 2 November, with warm-up matches against New South Wales and Queensland.
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