Koo Ji-won
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Rugby player
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| Date of birth | (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 122 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Koo Ji-won (具智元, Gu Chigan, born 20 July 1994) is a Korean-Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Kobelco Kobe Steelers. Born in South Korea, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1][2][3][4]
He also changed nationality to Japan after the 2019 World Cup
International career
After only two Super Rugby appearances for the Sunwolves, which included one start, Koo received his first call-up to his adopted country, Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[5]
References
- ^ "Ji-won Koo ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Jiwon". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Ji-won itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Ji-Won". Japan Rugby Club. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Tighthead prop Koo Ji-won set to earn first cap for Japan against Tonga". The Japan Times Online. 17 November 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
External links
- Koo Ji-won at ESPNscrum
- Koo Ji-won at ItsRugby.co.uk
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Kobelco Kobe Steelers – current squad
- Tiennan Costley
- Gerard Cowley-Tuioti
- Hayato Fukunishi
- Hikaru Hashimoto
- Suguru Igarashi
- Takara Imamura
- Ryo Inoue
- Koo Ji-won
- Takuya Kitade
- Naohiro Kotaki
- Go Maeda
- Sho Maeda
- Kenta Matsuoka
- Isileli Nakajima
- Willie Potgieter
- Waisake Raratubua
- Brodie Retallick
- Rinpei Sasaki
- Amanaki Saumaki
- Ardie Savea
- Jang Seok-Wan
- Haruto Takahashi
- Shigure Takao
- Hiroaki Ushihara
- Takayuki Watanabe
- Ikuma Yamada
- Koki Yamamoto
- Hiroshi Yamashita
- Bryn Gatland
- Junta Hamano
- Shintaro Hayashi
- Atsushi Hiwasa
- Gentaro Ikenaga
- Tali Ioasa
- Shinsuke Iseki
- Taihei Kusaka
- Timothy Lafaele
- Ngani Laumape
- Michael Little
- Quinton Mahina
- Kanta Matsunaga
- Ataata Moeakiola
- Kosuke Naka
- Daiki Nakajima
- Kentaro Obata
- Lee Seung-sin
- Maki Shimizu
- Soma Sugimoto
- Sione Tapu'osi
- Kenta Tokuda
- Ryohei Yamanaka
- Rakuhei Yamashita
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