Salvador Lues

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] 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] 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.