Pedro Leal (rugby union)
Portuguese rugby union player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pedro Miguel da Cunha 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 plays as a fullback or a scrum-half.
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Date of birth | (1984-04-28) 28 April 1984 (age 40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 76 full caps for Portugal. He played three games at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.