Robert Anthony Lumkong (born August 3, 1970) is an American former international
rugby union
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player.
Born in
Trinidad and Tobago
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, Lumkong was primarily a number eight and played varsity rugby for the
University of California Golden Bears, after picking up the sport growing up in the Caribbean country. He won a National Collegiate Club Championship with the Golden Bears and also played rugby in Berkeley with the Old Blues club.
Lumkong, who had a stint with Welsh club
Pontypridd
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, competed in the
United States national team
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between 1994 and 1999. He was capped 29 times in total and featured twice at the
1999 Rugby World Cup
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Four a ...
, including a match against eventual champions Australia in Limerick, which would be his final Eagles appearance.
See also
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List of United States national rugby union players
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1970 births
Living people
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
American expatriate rugby union players in Wales
Pontypridd RFC players
California Golden Bears rugby players
Trinidad and Tobago rugby union players
Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to the United States
Rugby union number eights
1999 Rugby World Cup players