Tomás Leonardi

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Tomás Leonardi
Full nameTomás Cristian Leonardi
Date of birth (1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb)
SchoolColegio Marin
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2012 S.I.C. 127 (80)
2006–2011 Pampas XV 22 (15)
2013 Eastern Province Kings 4 (0)
2013 Southern Kings 1 (0)
2013 S.I.C. 0 (0)
2013–2015 Edinburgh 28 (10)
2015 Toulouse 0 (0)
2016 Sunwolves 5 (0)
2016 Leicester Tigers 1 (0)
Correct as of 22 July 2016
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008–present Argentina 19 (20)
Correct as of 24 June 2013

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.

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References

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