For King and country
By STEPHEN IBBETSON
LONDON ROOSTERS star Lewis King has been named as England's captain for their wheelchair Ashes tour of Australia.
King takes over temporarily from 2022 World Cup-winning skipper Tom Halliwell, who will miss the trip this autumn as he awaits shoulder surgery.
The inaugural Wheels of Steel as Super League's best player in 2023, 40-year-old King scored a try in the previous year's World Cup final against France, and has 18 caps to his name.