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	75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Scrum-half / Fullback / Fly-Half
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 28 April 1984, in Lisbon) 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 the 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.