Andrey Vyacheslavovich Kuzin (born
Moscow
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, 29 October 1978) is a former Russian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as wing and as a centre.
He played for
VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, finishing his career in 2011/12.
He had 78 caps for
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, from 1997 to 2011, scoring 26 tries, 130 points on aggregate. He had his debut at the 30-25 win over
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, for the FIRA Championship, aged 19 years old. He would be a regular for the national team in the following years. He was called for 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 three games and without scoring. He had his last cap at the 68-22 loss to
Australia
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, at 1 October 2011, in
Nelson, at the competition, aged 33 years old.
Andrey Kuzin International Statistics
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After finishing his playing career, he became a coach. He has been the coach of the Russia women's national rugby sevens team, winning the Rugby Sevens Grand Prix Series in 2017.
References
External links
Andrey Kuzin International Statistics
1978 births
Living people
Russian rugby union players
Russia international rugby union players
Russian rugby union coaches
VVA Podmoskovye players
Rugby union wings
Rugby union centres
Rugby union players from Moscow
2011 Rugby World Cup players
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