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Tomás Leonardi

Tomás Leonardi

Argentine rugby union player

Tomás Leonardi (born 7 January 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He is currently unattached to a club.

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Club Rugby

A player for S.I.C. in Argentina, he also was included in the Argentinian high performance squad, the Pampas XV to play in the South African Vodacom Cup competitions in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

He joined the South African team Southern Kings for the 2013 Super Rugby season.[1] However, he made just one single substitute appearance, coming on as a 58th-minute substitute against the Chiefs.[2]

He was initially named in their touring squad to Australasia for games against Crusaders, Hurricanes, Brumbies and Rebels,[3] but were then recalled[4] after the Kings fielded more than the allowed two foreigner players in their match against the Chiefs.[5] He did, however, make four appearances for the Eastern Province Kings in the domestic 2013 Vodacom Cup tournament, with injury preventing him making more appearances.

He left the Kings in July 2013[6] and, after a few appearances for former side S.I.C. in the Torneo de la URBA in Argentina, he moved to Scotland to join Edinburgh Rugby.[7]

Leonardi was signed for the new Japanese Super Rugby team Sunwolves for the 2016 season but was later announced in the Leicester Tigers European cup squad in October 2016 as a temporary injury replacement for Mike Williams.[8] Leonardi played part of the Anglo-Welsh Cup game against Bath in November 2016.[9] Leonardi wasn't announced in the squad for the rest of the 2016/17 season. As of May 2017, Leonardi isn't recognised in the Tigers' squad list.[10]

International

He made his debut for Argentina in November 2008 against Chile.[11] In May 2010, he was selected in a squad of over 40 players to represent Argentina in the two-test Summer tour of Europe. He has been a regular international for Argentina ever since.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "SA Rugby Squad – Southern Kings : 2013 Vodacom Super Rugby". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    "SA Rugby Match Centre – Southern Kings 24–35 Chiefs". South African Rugby Union. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Southern Kings Touring Squad announced". Rugby15. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Southern Kings recall two foreign players". Rugby Heaven. Associated Press. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Southern Kings face points deduction after using three foreigners against Chiefs". Sky Sports. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  6. [6]
    "Leonardi no sigue en Southern Kings". ESPN Deportes Scrum (in Spanish). 15 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Edinburgh sign versatile back-row forward Tomas Leonardi". BBC. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  8. [8]
    Mann, Andy. "Tigers add Argentina international to squad". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Leicester Tigers". leicestertigers.com. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  10. [10]
    "Leicester Tigers". leicestertigers.com. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  11. [11]
    "Chile v Argentina". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
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