King made her debut for the
Ireland sevens team at the
Dubai Sevens in December 2021, after being identified as a Player of National Interest at the age of 17 and joining the Ireland Sevens program in January 2021. She played an important role in the Irish women’s team becoming the first ever to win a World Series silver medal in February 2022, in Spain. She scored her first tries for Ireland in a 22-21 win against Canada at the French
HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series event in Toulouse in May 2022. She was named in the Ireland squad for the
2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. She represented
Ireland at the
2024 Summer Olympics in
Paris. She then made her international fifteens debut for
Ireland against
Australia on 14 September 2024 at
Kingspan Stadium in
Belfast. Playing for the
Ireland 15-a-side team she scored twice as they beat New Zealand at the
WXV1 competition in Canada in September 2024. In November 2024, she was named
World Rugby Women's 15s Breakthrough Player of the Year at the
World Rugby Awards. She was named in Ireland's side for the
2025 Six Nations Championship in March. A knee injury suffered in April 2025 in the Six Nations against England ruled her out of the 2025 World Cup. In January 2026, King returned to fitness from her injury and was named as the new captain of the Ireland women's rugby team. She continued in the role for the
2026 Six Nations Championship campaign. ==References==