Salom Yiu Explained

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Salom Yiu Kam Shing
Birth Date:4 February 1988
Birth Place:Guangdong, China
Weight:82 kg
Sport:Men's Rugby union
Position:Wing
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Salom Yiu Kam Shing MH (; born 4 February 1988) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. He plays for USRC Tigers RFC, the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens team and the Hong Kong national rugby union team.

He has also represented Hong Kong China Rugby at fifteen a-side rugby, gaining 49 caps. He made his debut on 16th December 2009 in a 17-5 loss to The Czech Republic in Prague.[1] If he had not been unavailable due to his Sevens rugby commitments, he would have played over 80 games for Hong Kong.

Career

Salom Yiu started his career after first watching the Hong Kong Sevens from the spectator stands and then doing more research on the sport.[2] He was a member of the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens team at the 2009 East Asian Games. He was a Silver medal winner at both the 2009 East Asian Games and the 2010 Asian Games, falling both times to Japan.[3] He became a full-time professional when Rugby Sevens became the first team sport admitted to the Hong Kong Sports Institute in April 2013.[4]

In 2022, He competed for Hong Kong at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[5]

!!Total Caps!Debut!Date
Fifteens Caps49Vs Czech Republic lost 17-516-Dec-2009

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.rugbyinternational.net/data/2009/2009-12/2009121601-cze-hnk.htm . 2024-05-19 . www.rugbyinternational.net.
  2. Web site: Meet the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens Team. Kevin Kaho Tsui. 14 March 2013. Hong Kong Magazine.
  3. News: Japan mauls HK to avenge Sevens loss in Borneo. 24 November 2010. China Daily.
  4. News: Elite sevens players get into special program. 13 December 2013. The Standard (Hong Kong). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140908090705/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=19&art_id=140548&sid=41119500&con_type=1&d_str=20131213&isSearch=1&sear_year=2013. 8 September 2014.
  5. Web site: 2022-09-08 . Hong Kong Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed - Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 . 2022-09-17 . RugbyAsia247 . en-US.