Salvador Lues
Full nameSalvador Lues Soto
Date of birth (1999-11-06) 6 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birthLima, Peru
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Selknam
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021– Selknam 25 (0)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2018– Chile 11 (5)
2020–2021 Chile XV 5 (0)
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Salvador Lues Soto (born 6 November 1999) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Super Rugby Americas club Selknam. Born in Lima, he represents Chile at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1]

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.
  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. ^ a b "Selknam finalize 40-man roster for SLAR". Americas Rugby News. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  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.
  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.

External links

Selknam – current squad
Chile squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
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