Alasdair Strokosch
Birth nameAlasdair Karl Strokosch
Birth date21 February 1983 (age 43)
Birth placePaisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Height1.90 m
Weight110 kg[1]
SchoolClaremont High School
PositionFlanker
Amatyears 12002–2004
Amatteam 1Boroughmuir
Years 12004–2007
Years 22007–2012
Years 32012–2018
Clubs 1Edinburgh Rugby
Clubs 2Gloucester Rugby
Clubs 3USA Perpignan
Apps 150
Apps 2112
Apps 3117
Points 120
Points 210
Points 355
Ru clubupdate25 June 2018
Repyears 12006–2015
Repteam 1Scotland
Repcaps 147
Reppoints 110
Ru ntupdate17 April 2016

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

  1. ^ "USAP". Fr.usap.fr. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  2. ^ "Rugby - Fiche joueur Strokosch Alasdair - Statistiques en club". Itsrugby.fr. 21 February 1983. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. ^ Mike Averis (2008-03-07). "Six nations: Exile Strokosch helps stoke Scotland's forward fire". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  4. ^ "Rugby World Cup 2015: Scotland select Strauss & omit Cowan". BBC Sport. 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  5. ^ "Strokosch retires from international rugby". Scottish Rugby. 2015-11-05. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-17.