Yuri Kushnarev
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| Date of birth | 6 June 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (15 st 0 lb; 95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuri Viktorovich Kushnarev (Template:Lang-ru; born 6 June 1985 in Moscow) is a Russian rugby union player. He plays as a fullback or as a fly-half.
Club career
He first played for VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, from 2003/04 to 2012/13, where he won seven titles of Russia, then for RC Kuban, in 2013/14. Kushnarev plays for Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk since 2014/15.
International career
He has 105 caps for Russia, since 2005, with 10 tries, 147 conversions, 136 penalties and 1 drop goal scored, 755 points on aggregate. Kushnarev was part of the Russian squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games and scoring one penalty.[1][2] He also played at the unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and was a key player in the team that reached their qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. He has been one of the best players and top scorers for Russia.
References
- ^ "Profile". 2011 Rugby World Cup Official Site. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Italy 53 Russia 17: match report". Daily Telegraph. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
External links
- Yuri Kushnarev at ESPNscrum
- 2011 Rugby World Cup Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-09-07)