Tomás Mourato Vermelho Mega Appleton (born 29 July 1993) is a Portuguese semi-professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Lusitanos XV and captains the Portugal national team.[1] He is also a qualified and practising dentist.[2]
Club career
He has played for CDUL since he was 6 years old, and was promoted to the first team in 2011/12. He won the Campeonato Português de Rugby with them in 2011/12, 2013/14 and 2016/17. He spent a season in England at Darlington Mowden Park, in National League One in 2015/16, returning to CDUL afterwards.[3][4]
International career
He has won 48 caps for Portugal, scoring 10 tries, 50 points on aggregate. He won his first cap at the 29–20 victory over Namibia, on 22 November 2014, in Lisbon. He has been a regular player for the "Lobos" ever since then. He played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualification tournament. He is currently the captain of the national team.[5]
References
- ^ world.rugby. "Portugal's Tomás Appleton: Running rugby is in our DNA | Rugby World Cup". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ Portugal's fallen heroes face very different reception
- ^ Entrevista - Tomás Appleton, CDUL Official Website, 14 February 2020 (Portuguese)
- ^ Tomás Appleton. A Revelação em Inglaterra, A Bola, 19 October 2015 (Portuguese)
- ^ Tomás Appleton International Statistics
External links
- Tomás Appleton at ESPNscrum
- Tomás Appleton at ItsRugby.co.uk
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