Jeong Yeon-Sik | |
Birth Place: | South Korea |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1993 |
Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
Weight: | 82kg (181lb) |
Ru Position: | Winger, Fullback |
Ru Clubyears: | 2016-2018 2018-2020 2020- |
Ru Proclubs: | KAFAC Hino Red Dolphins Hyundai Glovis |
Ru Clubcaps: | ?? 8 18 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (??) (10) (85) |
Ru Nationalteam: | South Korea |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2012- |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 15 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (30) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 7 June 2024 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 7 June 2024 |
Ru Currentteam: | Hyundai Glovis |
University: | Korea University |
Repsevensyears1: | 2014- |
Repsevensteam1: | South Korea |
Repsevenscomp1: | 5 |
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]
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]
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]