| Date of birth | 8 May 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb; 181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Korea University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeong Yeon-sik (born 8 May 1993) is a South Korean rugby union and sevens player who plays for Hyundai Glovis in the Korea Super Rugby League.[1][2]
Career
Club career
Yeon-sik spent two seasons in the Korea Rugby League at KAFAC, before joining Japanese Top League side Hino Red Dolphins playing for two seasons. In 2020 he returned to Korea to play for the Hyundai Glovis in the Korea Super Rugby League,[3][4] winning the tournament in 2023 starting in the final against his former club, KAFAC.[5]
International career
He is a key member of the South Korea Sevens team, recently competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics[6] and also representing South Korea at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa.[7][8]
He has also featured for the South Korea rugby union team 13 times. He was recently named in the South Korea squad for the 2023 Asia Rugby Championship.[9]
References
- ↑ "Yeon Sik JEONG - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Hyundai Glovis". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Hyundai Glovis Rugby Squad". Hyundai Glovis. 2023.
- ↑ "L'international sud-coréen Jeong Yeon Sik signe chez Hyundai Glovis". Asierugby (in French). 22 May 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Hyundai Glovis remporte le 2ème tournoi de la Korea Super Rugby League 2023". Asierugby (in French). 20 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Republic of Korea - Pool A Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ↑ "Korea Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ↑ "Le groupe sud-coréen pour le World Rugby 7s Challenger Series 2023". Asierugby (in French). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ↑ "(사)대한럭비협회". (사)대한럭비협회 (in Korean). Retrieved 1 June 2023.