Alasdair Strokosch
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| Birth name | Alasdair Karl Strokosch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 February 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Claremont High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alasdair Strokosch (born 21 February 1983, Paisley, Scotland) is a retired Scottish rugby union footballer who last played in the Pro D2 for USA Perpignan. He previously played for Gloucester in the Aviva Premiership and Edinburgh in the Pro12. He played as a flanker.[2]
Strokosch started his professional career with Edinburgh Rugby. Before his first professional contract he played with Boroughmuir and East Kilbride rugby clubs.
Strokosch has represented Scotland in various competitions with the 'Sevens' and 'A' teams, his first full international cap for the Senior Scotland squad being on 25 November 2006 against Australia.
Strokosch is a member of the Scottish Institute of Sport. At the age of 12 became a black belt in karate, later representing Scotland at the European and world Under-21 karate championships.[3] His father is German and his mother Scottish.[3]
He was selected in the Scotland squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[4] He announced his retirement from international rugby on 5 November 2015.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "USAP". Fr.usap.fr. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Rugby - Fiche joueur Strokosch Alasdair - Statistiques en club". Itsrugby.fr. 21 February 1983. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ a b Mike Averis (7 March 2008). "Six nations: Exile Strokosch helps stoke Scotland's forward fire". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ^ "Rugby World Cup 2015: Scotland select Strauss & omit Cowan". BBC Sport. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Strokosch retires from international rugby". Scottish Rugby. 5 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
External links
[edit]- Gloucester Rugby Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 April 2009)
- Scotland profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 December 2007)
- Alasdair Strokosch at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Alasdair Strokosch at ESPNscrum
- Alasdair Strokosch at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Alasdair Strokosch at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1983 births
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- Scottish rugby union players
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- Scottish people of German descent
- Scottish expatriate rugby union players in France
- People educated at Claremont High School (East Kilbride)
- Rugby sevens players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Scotland
- Rugby union players from Paisley, Renfrewshire
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