VVA-Podmoskovje

Full name	Rugby club VVA-Podmoskovje, Moscow region
Union	Professional Rugby League
Founded	1967
Location	Monino, Russia
Ground(s)	Gagarin Air Force Academy stadium
Capacity	5000
Chairman	Rifcat Sattarov
Coach(es)	Nikolay Nerush
Captain(s)	Vladimir Marchenko
Official website
www.vva-podmoskovje.ru

The VVA-Podmoskovje is a Russian rugby union team currently playing in the Professional Rugby League. The team plays at Gagarin Air Force Academy stadium in Monino.

VVA-Podmoskovye have won the title seven times, in 1993, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. They were also nine-time winners of the Soviet Championship.

[edit] Current squad

Backs Player Position Victor Motorin Scrum-half Alexander Shakirov Scrum-half Alexander Gudok Scrum-half Yuriy Kushnarev Fly-half Alexander Yanushkin Fly-half Denis Kukishev Fly-half Sergey Shishkov Centre Sergey Trishin Centre Mikhail Babaev Centre Ilya Babaev Centre Sergey Gavrushin Centre Alexei Cotruţă Wing Andrey Kuzin Wing Oleg Kobzev Wing Alexey Andreev Wing Semen Lavrentiev Wing Iles Kaminsky Wing Vasily Artemiev Wing Igor Kluchnikov Fullback

Forwards Player Position Alexander Khrokin Prop Alexey Travkin Prop Vadim Cobâlaş Prop Alexey Volkov Prop Segey Cornievec Prop Vladimir Marchenko (captain) Hooker Vladislav Korshunov Hooker Victor Kobzev Lock Alexander Voytov Lock Andrei Romanov Lock Andrey Lugin Lock Maxim Cobâlaş Lock Andrey Sorokin Flanker Kirill Kushnarev Flanker Evgeniy Matveev Flanker Victor Gresev Flanker Rinat Timerbulatov Flanker Alexander Zorin Flanker Svyatoslav Petukhov Flanker Alexey Panasenko Number eight Alexander Ivanov Number eight

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