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From academy star to England international - Toby King's career in pictures

From academy star to England international - Toby King's career in pictures <i>(Image: Mike Boden)</i>
From academy star to England international - Toby King's career in pictures (Image: Mike Boden)

THIS promises to be a very special year for Warrington Wolves centre Toby King.

And the first of what will no doubt be many highlights will come on Saturday as he kicks off a year of Testimonial celebrations with a match in his honour.

King's decade as a top-flight player - most of which has been and continues to be spent with The Wire - will be honoured when he and his teammates take on Leigh Leopards at The Halliwell Jones Stadium in a match that will see both sides wrap up their preparations for the new season.

But before we look forward to that, it's time to take a look back.

From when he joined Warrington as a teenage starlet to his current standing as a fully-fledged first-teamer, we've picked out some of our best pictures of King through the years...

Scoring a try for the academy side against London Broncos at Gillingham FC's Priestfield Stadium in 2013 (Image: Mike Boden)

King's first-team debut came against London Broncos in July 2014 (Image: Mike Boden)

A fresh-faced Toby lines up for his 2015 media day photo (Image: Mike Boden)

Here he is scoring his first Super League try against Wakefield in April 2015 (Image: Mike Boden)

Celebrating with brother George after helping Wire reach the 2016 Challenge Cup Final (Image: Mike Boden)

King played in both the Challenge Cup Final and Super League Grand Final in 2016, with Wire losing both to Hull FC and Wigan respectively (Image: Mike Boden)

In action for The Wire against Hull FC during the 2017 season (Image: Mike Boden)

The memorable 'Bobby Firmino' try celebration at Anfield after scoring against Wigan at Magic Weekend 2019 (Image: Mike Boden)

Finally getting his hands on major silverware after lifting the Challenge Cup in 2019 (Image: Mike Boden)

Sliding over for a try against Salford in the 2020 Challenge Cup semi-finals at an empty Totally Wicked Stadium during the Covid era (Image: Mike Boden)

King hit perhaps his best form in a Wire shirt in 2021, scoring 13 tries and earning a bumper new four-year contract (Image: SWPix.com)

Scoring against Wire for Huddersfield while finishing 2022 on loan with his hometown club - part of an 18-month exile from the club after falling out of favour with head coach Daryl Powell (Image: SWPix.com)

He then spent 2023 on loan at Wigan Warriors, helping them win the Super League title (Image: SWPix.com)

2023 also saw King capped by England for the first time - here he is scoring against Tonga (Image: SWPix.com)

King returned to Warrington for 2024 and thrived under the coaching of Sam Burgess (Image: SWPix.com)

Having been granted a Testimonial year by the RFL, here is King launching his one-off Testimonial kit with the help of his pet bulldog Carlos (Image: Joe Richardson)

2025 will be King's 11th season as part of the Warrington first team (Image: SWPix.com)