Pedro Leal (rugby union)

Pedro Leal
Date of birth April 28, 1984
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum-half / Fullback
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)


2011-2012
2013-2014		 Direito
Brive
Nice
Lusitanos XV

10
2

(111) 5t
(3)
correct as of 11 February 2014.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004-present [2] Portugal 71 (259) 5t
correct as of 11 February 2014.
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
2005-present Portugal

Pedro Leal (born Lisbon, 28 April 1984) is a Portuguese international rugby player and a regular on the World Rugby Sevens World Series circuit. He is widely considered Portugal's best player in rugby sevens, and in the 2006/07 IRB Sevens World Series he scored 20 tries from eight tournament appearances.[3] He was the top scorer at the 2008 Hannover Sevens event, with 74 points. Leal is one of only nine players to have scored more than 1,000 points in thw World Rugby Sevens World Series.

Leal has thirty seven full caps for Portugal and can play at full-back or scrum-half. He played three games at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "Federação Portuguesa de Rugby - Notícias". Fpr.pt. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  2. ↑ "Pedro Leal | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum". Scrum.com. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  3. ↑ "Player Statistics (Tries) for 2006/07 IRB Sevens series". irbsevens.com. 2007-09-08. Archived from the original on 2007-12-09. Retrieved 2007-09-08.