Slava Moscow

Slava Moscow

Full name	Slava Rugby Club
Founded	1974 (1974)
Location	Moscow, Russia
Ground(s)	Slava Stadium (Capacity: 2,500)
Coach(es)	Andrey Cherevichny
League(s)	Professional Rugby League
Official website
rugby-slava.ru

Slava Moscow is a Russian rugby union club from Moscow. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the premier rugby competition of Russia. The club is one of the strongest in the country though they struggle to compete against the more professional outfits from Krasnoyarsk and their near neighbour VVA Monino. They have a particularly strong amateur foundation built on a solid youth program and as such field far more local Russian players than the other top sides. They play in yellow and red.

History

Yokes

Results

• Soviet Championships: 1979, 1982
• Soviet Runners Up: 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986
• Professional Rugby League Runners Up : 2008

2011 Squad

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Alexei Chernyshev Prop Russia Alexei Abarkin Prop Russia Vladimir Orlov Prop Russia Andrei Igretsov Prop Russia Sergey Popov Hooker Russia Sergey Chernyshev Hooker Russia Ilya Osminko Lock Russia Andreï Mamotchka Lock Russia Andrei Hvorostyanoy Lock Russia Denis Antonov Flanker Russia Sergey Dokalov Flanker Russia Nikita Medkov Flanker Russia Dimitri Polovykh Flanker Russia Mikhail Sidorov Number 8 Russia Vladimir Soldatov Number 8 Russia

Player Position Union Alexei Artaunov Scrum-half Russia Gleb Babkine Scrum-half Russia Andreï Bykanov Scrum-half Russia Maxim Martysh Scrum-half Russia Alexander Kapralov Fly-half Russia Gareth Lucas Fly-half Wales Sergey Sugrobov Fly-half Russia Alexei Babiev Centre Russia Vladimir Kondrashov Centre Russia Rhys Pollard Centre Wales Andreï Horohorin Centre Russia Nikita Zingalev Wing Russia Timur Temiev Wing Russia Evgeny Bystryakov Wing Russia Alexander Zhuravlev Fullback Russia

2011 Signings

• Gareth Lucas
• Rhys Pollard

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