Alexander Khrokin (russian: Александр Хрокин)(born 10 July 1976) is a former Russian
rugby union
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footballer. He played as a prop.
He played is entire career at
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino
The VVA-Podmoskovye is a Russian rugby union team playing in the Professional Rugby League. The team plays at Gagarin Air Force Academy stadium in Monino, a garrison town just outside Moscow. VVA-Podmoskovye have strong links to the air force and a ...
, from 1994/95 to 2012/13.
He had 77 caps for
Russia
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, from 1994 to 2011, scoring 7 tries, 35 points on aggregate. Khrokin was part of the Russian squad at the
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...
, playing in two games but without scoring.
References
External links
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2011 Rugby World Cup Profile
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1976 births
Living people
Russian rugby union players
Russia international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Moscow
Rugby union props
2011 Rugby World Cup players