Tristan Leyds
| Born | 24 May 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Bishop's College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tristan Leyds (born 24 May 1997) is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national rugby sevens team.[2] His regular position is wing or fullback. He made his sevens debut at the 2024 Perth Sevens.
Leyds was named in the Stormers squad for the Super Rugby Unlocked campaign.[3] He made his sevens debut at the 2024 Perth Sevens. He made his debut for Western Province in Round 3 of the 2020 Currie Cup Premier Division against Pumas.[4]
He competed for South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[5][6] They defeated Australia to win the bronze medal final.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Tristan Leyds". itsrugby. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ↑ "Tristan Leyds – Springbok Sevens". SA Rugby. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ "DHL Stormers Squad for Vodacom Super Rugby Unlocked" (Press release). Stormers. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ↑ "WP scrap to win over Pumas". SA Rugby Magazine. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ↑ "Springbok Sevens squad named for 2024 Olympic Games". SA Rugby. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ↑ "South Africa - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ↑ Glover, Ben; Bone, Alyssa (27 July 2024). "Aussie devastation as captain's send-off turns clash for bronze". Nine. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ↑ Baloyi, Charles (28 July 2024). "Men's rugby sevens clinch Team South Africa's first medal in Paris". SABC. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
- Tristan Leyds at Springbok Sevens
- Tristan Leyds at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
- Tristan Leyds at Olympics.com
- Tristan Leyds at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Tristan Leyds on Instagram
Categories:
- South African rugby union players
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Rugby union players from Somerset West
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Stormers players
- Alumni of Diocesan College, Cape Town
- Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African rugby union biography, 1990s birth stubs
- South African Olympic medalist stubs