{{Short description|US international rugby union player}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Derek Asbun | image = | caption = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|09|16}} | birth_place = Bakersfield, CA, United States | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 0 in | weight = 214 lb | occupation = | school = | university = | relatives = | position = Flanker / Hooker | repyears1 = 2012–13 | repteam1 = {{nrut|United States}} | repcaps1 = 7 | reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Derek Asbun''' (born September 16, 1988) is an American former rugby union international.
Asbun grew up in the Bay Area, attending De La Salle High School.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team Spotlight: De La Salle |url=https://www.goffrugbyreport.com/news/team-spotlight-de-la-salle |website=Goff Rugby Report |language=en |date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>
A forward, Asbun was primarily a flanker and played collegiate rugby with UC Berkeley, where he twice earned All-American honors.<ref>{{cite news |title=American Asbun keeping focused |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/9407194.rugby-union-american-asbun-keeping-focused/ |work=Oxford Mail |date=8 December 2011 |language=en}}</ref> He continued his studies at Oxford University and was the varsity team's 2012 "player of the year".<ref>{{cite news |title=Asbun's award |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/9670241.rugby-union-asbuns-award/ |work=Oxford Mail |date=April 26, 2012 |language=en}}</ref>
Asbun played for the United States in 2012 and 2013, gaining seven caps.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blaber |first1=Junoir |title=USA Rugby Class of 2013 Review: How Did Our Predictions Fare? |url=https://rugbywrapup.com/2014/01/review-rwu-usa-rugby-class-2013/ |website=Rugby Wrap Up |date=January 5, 2014}}</ref>
==See also== *List of United States national rugby union players
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{ESPNscrum|165555}}
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