Leandro Leivas (born 6 July 1988) is a Uruguayan
rugby union
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player who plays for the
Seattle Seawolves
The Seattle Seawolves are an American professional rugby union team based in the Seattle metropolitan area that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2017. The Seawolves won two MLR championships in 2018 and 2019, and los ...
in
Major League Rugby
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(MLR).
He was named in Uruguay's squad for the
2015 Rugby World Cup
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.
Leivas learned to play rugby at
Stella Maris College. At the time of the 2015 Rugby World Cup he was working as a blacksmith and farrier.
On 11 December 2018, he signed with professional Canadian club
Toronto Arrows for the 2019
Major League Rugby
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season.
Honours
;Uruguay U20
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World Rugby Under 20 Trophy:
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
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1988 births
Living people
Expatriate rugby union players in Canada
Place of birth missing (living people)
Uruguay international rugby union players
Uruguayan expatriate rugby union players
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Toronto Arrows players
Uruguayan rugby union players
Rugby union wings
People educated at Stella Maris College (Montevideo)
2015 Rugby World Cup players
2019 Rugby World Cup players
21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen
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