Salvador Lues
| Full name | Salvador Lues Soto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 November 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lima,Peru | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Salvador Lues Soto(born 6 November 1999) is a professionalrugby unionplayer who plays as apropforSuper Rugby AmericasclubSelknam.Born inLima,he representsChileat international level after qualifying onresidency grounds.[1]
Club career
[edit]Born inLima,Lues grew up inSantiago,where he played his rugby with the Craighouse Old Boys,[2][3]before enjoying a spell in theStade Toulousainacademy from 2018 to 2020.[4][5]
Back in Chile, he played withSelknamin the newly foundedSúper Liga Americana de Rugby.[3]
International career
[edit]Salvador Lues was part of theChilean teamthat qualified for their firstRugby World Cupin 2022, upsetting the odds againstCanadaand theUnited States,starting as apropin the last game of theAmericas qualificationagainst the latter, an historic away win that sealed their qualification for the2023 World Cup.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Player profile".itsrugby.co.uk.Retrieved18 July2022.
- ^Ramírez, Daniel (8 October 2021)."Selección chilena de Rugby tiene formación lista para enfrentar a Canadá".ADN(in Spanish).Retrieved18 July2022.
- ^ab"Selknam finalize 40-man roster for SLAR".Americas Rugby News.28 January 2021.Retrieved19 July2022.
- ^"Toulouse ya suma dos chilenos".La Tercera(in Spanish). 29 December 2018.Retrieved18 July2022.
- ^"Une pépinière de talents made in Chili".La Dépêche(in French). 10 May 2020.Retrieved18 July2022.
- ^Pengelly, Martin (16 July 2022)."Chile upset USA in Colorado to secure first ever Rugby World Cup place".The Guardian.Retrieved16 July2022.
External links
[edit]- Salvador Luesat ESPNscrum
- Salvador Luesat ItsRugby.co.uk
