Tomás Mourato Vermelho Mega Appleton (born 29 July 1993) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a wing and as a centre. He is studying to be a physician dentist.
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
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with them in 2011/12, 2013/14 and 2016/17. He spent a season in England at
Darlington Mowden Park
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, in
National League One
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in 2015/16, returning to
CDUL afterwards.
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
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. He has been a regular player for the "Lobos" ever since then. He played in the
2019 Rugby World Cup
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qualification tournament. He is currently the captain of the national team.
Tomás Appleton International Statistics
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References
1993 births
Living people
Portuguese rugby union players
Portugal international rugby union players
Rugby union wings
Rugby union centres
Lusitanos XV players
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