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 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.
He has won 48 caps for
Portugal
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, scoring 10 tries, 50 points on aggregate. He won his first cap at the 29–20 victory over
Namibia
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, 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
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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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