Erin King

In the grand scheme of things, it wasn't that important.

All I wanted to do was play rugby again in any capacity, whether that just be for my club or whatever it was.

That was my goal all along.

And I kind of had this mentality to leave no stone unturned and do everything I could to get back.

It was long, tough days.

I think I was in our training facility, you know, for 10 hours a day doing anything I could.

I probably went a little bit overboard, to be honest, but that's kind of the person I am.

And I was kind of like, just control the controllables, try to be as fit and as strong as I can be and put my knee in the best place to come back.

And then, yeah, I played my first match back in January and then...

Yeah, it was kind of exceeded everyone's expectations and all the physios and no one really knows how I'm doing it now still.

And a lot of people still kind of question it, but it's working for me.

No, I know I've done the work and I've had great physios and a great surgeon.

So I just, I kind of just keep that in mind.

And now I have bigger fish to fry, I guess, focusing on my team and focusing on myself and putting a performance out there.

Is that right?

Definitely not.

I got asked after my first game back, I only played 20 minutes.

And then our head coach, Scott, he said,

He asked me, did I want to be captain?

And it was the last thing I was expecting him to ask.