Salvador Lues

Salvador Lues Soto (born 6 November 1999) is a Chilean rugby union player, who plays for Selknam.[1]

Salvador Lues
Birth nameSalvador Lues Soto
Date of birth (1999-11-06) 6 November 1999
Place of birthLima, Perù
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead prop
Youth career
Craighouse Old Boys
2018–2020 Stade Toulousain
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020– Selknam 17 (0)
Correct as of 18 July 2022
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018– Chile 9 (0)
Correct as of 18 July 2022

Club career

Born in Lima, Lues grew up in Santiago, where he played his rugby with the Craighouse Old Boys,[2][3] before enjoying a spell in the Stade Toulousain academy from 2018 to 2020.[4][5]

Back in Chile, he played with Selknam in the newly founded Súper Liga Americana de Rugby.[3]

International career

Salvador Lues was part of the Chilean team that qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2022, upsetting the odds against Canada and the United States, starting as a prop in the last game of the Americas qualification against the latter, an historic away win that sealed their qualification for the 2023 World Cup.[6]

References

  1. "Player profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Ramírez, Daniel (8 October 2021). "Selección chilena de Rugby tiene formación lista para enfrentar a Canadá". ADN (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. "Selknam finalize 40-man roster for SLAR". Americas Rugby News. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Toulouse ya suma dos chilenos". La Tercera (in Spanish). 29 December 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. "Une pépinière de talents made in Chili". La Dépêche (in French). 10 May 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Pengelly, Martin (16 July 2022). "Chile upset USA in Colorado to secure first ever Rugby World Cup place". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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