Russia national rugby union team

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The Russia national rugby union team,[1] nicknamed Medvedi (The Bears), is administered by the Rugby Union of Russia (RUR). The RUR is considered the official successor union of the Soviet Union by World Rugby and the combined CIS team which played in the early 1990s. Since 1992, the team has played as Russia. Its first test match as Russia was against the Barbarians in Moscow in June 1992 and the country's first test against an official Test nation was against Belgium later that same year.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Russia is seen as a Tier 2 union by World Rugby.[2] The team's regular international competition was in the Rugby Europe Championship – often referred to as the Six Nations B. In addition, the team participated in World Rugby-run summer tournaments including the Nations Cup, the dormant Churchill Cup, and other international fixtures.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Russia competed in their first Rugby World Cup (RWC) in New Zealand in 2011 after qualifying as Europe 2 through their second-place finish in the 2009–10 ENC. Russia played in Pool C and finished fifth, scoring one point. Previous qualification campaigns saw elimination to Portugal ahead of the 2007 tournament, and expulsion from 2003 qualifying for Russia's breaches of eligibility rules. The team also unsuccessfully attempted to qualify for the 1995 and 1999 Rugby World Cups. They competed in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan by qualifying as Europe 1 as a result of Spain, Romania and Belgium being eliminated.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.[3][4]

History

File:Georgia versus Russia at rugby.jpg
Georgia v. Russia, 24 March 2007

The Rugby Union of the Soviet Union was founded in 1936, although the national side did not play its first official international until 1974.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The Soviet Union took time to establish itself, but by the mid-1980s was regularly beating the likes of Italy and Romania. The team was invited to the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup, but declined on political grounds, not least the continued IRB membership of apartheid South Africa.[5] Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian players played for the interim Commonwealth of Independent States team, which played four matches during 1991 and 1992.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The first game played by the new Russian national team took place on June 6, 1992, when Russia beat the Barbarians 27–23. Russia's first game against a full IRB member was versus Belgium four months later in the 1992/4 FIRA-AER European Trophy. That edition of the tournament saw Russia secure its first, and to-date only, win over Georgia. Russia continued to participate until realignment of FIRA-AER competitions in 2000.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The Russian national side has since played its regular competitive rugby in FIRA-AER's European Nations Cup, the second level mirror tournament to the Six Nations. Russia replaced Morocco in the top tier in 2001 and have stayed there ever since. The Russian side has yet to win the title.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The team has played in the now-defunct Superpowers Cup, winning the tournament once, the Nations Cup, the Churchill Cup, and most recently the IRB's International Rugby Series.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The RUR attempted to gain greater participation in the autumn test window, and was being integrated into World Rugby's global test match schedule.[2]

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Rugby and Rugby Europe suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.[3][4]

Rugby World Cup

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World Cup record

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Early qualifying attempts (1987 – 2007)

The Soviet Union declined to take up its invite to take part in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup on the basis of the IRB membership by apartheid South Africa.[6] The Soviet Rugby Union was not an IRB member in time for 1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In qualifying for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, the first in which the national side was involved, Russia came through preliminary qualifying with wins over Poland and Georgia, before beating Germany but losing to Romania for the Eastern Europe spot.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In European qualifying for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, Russia finished fourth in Pool 1 in Round B, which was not enough to progress from a group also including Italy, Georgia, Croatia, and Denmark.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The Russian national side was expelled from qualifying for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, due to eligibility issues. Spain, who Russia had beaten in qualifying, protested the fielding of three South African-born players (Johan Hendriks, Reiner Volschenck and Werner Pieterse), whom the RUR claimed had qualified through ancestry. However, the RUR did not produce documentation deemed acceptable by the IRB, and Spain were re-instated in qualification in Russia's place.[7]

In 2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying, Russia came through European qualifying to a mini-group stage where they were pooled with Italy and Portugal. The winner would qualify directly and the second place team would continue the qualification process, with the third-placed team eliminated. After both losing heavily to Italy, Portugal and Russia met to determine progression to qualifying round 5. Russia lost the match, played in Lisbon, 26–23 and dropped out.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

2011

Russia qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand as Europe 2 after finishing second in the 2008–10 European Nations Cup. This marked the team's World Cup debut, with Russia becoming the 25th side to play at the tournament, where they faced Australia, Ireland, Italy and the United States in Group C of the tournament.[8]

Match results
Date Opponent Score Venue
15 Sep 2011 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 6–13 Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
20 Sep 2011 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 17–53 Trafalgar Park, Nelson
25 Sep 2011 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 12–62 International Stadium, Rotorua
1 Oct 2011 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 22–68 Trafalgar Park, Nelson

2015

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Russia finished third in European qualifying for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The top two teams in the final group— Georgia and Romania — immediately qualified for the 2015 tournament. Russia, as third-place finisher in the final group, faced Uruguay in a home-and-away two-game playoff. Uruguay won on aggregate and secured the 20th and final qualifying spot for the 2015 tournament, with Russia failing to qualify.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

2019

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Russia once again finished third in European qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. However, after a controversial game played by Belgium and Spain (which was originally intended to be replayed), the issue of three teams in the group stage fielding ineligible players (Belgium, Romania, and Spain) was investigated by World Rugby and Rugby Europe. It was determined that all three teams had violated eligibility rules and gained an unfair advantage (both Romania and Spain defeated Russia) and were sanctioned, and thus, Russia advanced as the automatic qualifier, with Germany headed to the repechage against Portugal.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

European Nations Cup

As the Soviet Union, the side secured four straight silvers (all behind France and ahead of Italy and Romania) during the 1980s, and three bronzes.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Russia first played the FIRA Trophy in the 1992–94 season. Since 2000, Russia's primary international competition is the European Nations Cup, administered by Rugby Europe and played, by-and-large, during the Six Nations international release window in February and March. Russia won the inaugural Division 2 competition, winning promotion to the top tier in 2000, where they have remained ever since.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Since realignment, Russia has secured two runners-up spots and three third-place finishes.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In the 2011-12 season, Russia finished fourth with five wins and five losses. In the 2013-14 season, the team finished third with six wins and four losses. In the 2015-16 season, the Bears again claimed six wins and four losses to finish third. In the 2017 season, Russia finished fourth with two wins and three losses.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Players

Current squad

On the 23rd of January 2022, the following 26 players were called up for the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship.[9]

On the 24th of January, Vasily Artemyev was called up to the squad.[10] On the 26th and 27 January, Vladimir Podrezov and Alexei Golov as well as Victor Kononov and Alexander Gudok were called up to the squad.[11]

On 30 January, Victor Arhip was called up to the squad.[12] On the 1st of February, Ramil Gaisin was called up to the squad.[13]

On 7 February, Evgeny Mishechkin, Alexei Skobiola, Gleb Farkov, Kirill Golosnitsky, Vladislav Sozonov and Maxim Shevtsov were called up to the squad while Kirill Gotovtsev returned to his club.[14]

Head Coach: Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Pervukhin

  • Caps updated: 8 February 2022

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

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Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Russian national team:[15]

Name Nationality Role
Aleksandr Pervukhin File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Manager
Alexander Yanyushkin
VAkil Valeev		 File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Head coach
Yuri Kushnarev File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Assistant coach
Vacant Strength & conditioning coach
Dr. Evgeny Trofimov File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Team doctor
Vacant Physiotherapist

Past Coaches

Since 1992

Years Coach
–1992 Template:Flagicon Petr Etko
1992–2000 Template:Flagicon Vladimir Grachev
2001–2002 Template:Flagicon James Stoffberg
2003–2004 Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Pervukhin
2004–2005 Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Igor Mironov
2006 Template:Flagicon Blikkies Groenewald
2007–2008 Template:Flagicon Claude Saurel
2008-2010 Template:Flagicon Steve Diamond (Director of Rugby)
2008–2011 Template:Flagicon Nikolay Nerush
2011–2014 Template:Flagicon Kingsley Jones
2014 Template:Flagicon Raphaël Saint-André (Interim)
2015–2018 Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Pervukhin
2018 Template:Flagicon Mark McDermott (Interim)
2018–2021 Template:Flagicon Lyn Jones
2021–2022 Template:Flagicon Dick Muir
2023– Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Pervukhin

Stadiums and attendance

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The highest attended matches in Russia involving the Russian national team were:

Rank Attendance Opponent Date Venue Location
1 15,000 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1998-04-18 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
2 15,000 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 2002-09-21 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
3 12,000 File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 2018-11-10 Kuban Stadium Krasnodar
4 12,000 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 2020-02-22 Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad
5 11,500 Template:Country data SPA 2018-02-10 Kuban Stadium Krasnodar
6 10,000 Template:Flagicon USA Selects 2003-07-19 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
7 9,500 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 2021-03-20 Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad
8 8,237 Template:Country data SPA 2020-02-01 Fisht Stadium Sochi
9 8,000 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 2008-04-12 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
10 8,000 File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 2014-08-04 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
11 6,500 Template:Flagicon Connacht 2019-09-07 VTB Arena Moscow
12 6,000 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2018-02-17 Kuban Stadium Krasnodar
13 5,850 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 2019-03-17 Kuban Stadium Krasnodar
14 5,100 Barbarian F.C. 1992-06-06 RZD Arena Moscow

Recent and upcoming fixtures

Russia hasn't played in official tests after suspension in 2022.

The following table shows fixtures of the Russian national team in not official test matches during the previous 12 months.

Date Opponent Opp Rank Result Venue Event
2024-10-12 Template:Flagicon Russian Barbarians n/a W 38-21 Template:Flagicon Solidarnost Samara Arena, Samara Test match

World Rugby Rankings

Template:World Rugby Rankings On introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in October 2003, Russia was ranked 23rd.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". As of March 2022, Russia was ranked 25th in the world.

Overall record

Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Russia national XV at test level up until 12 February 2022, updated after match with File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain. [16]

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jaguars 5 0 5 0 0.00% 58 200 –142
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A 2 2 0 0 100% 87 78 +9
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 1 0 1 0 0.00% 22 68 –46
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 8 7 1 0 87.5% 275 148 +127
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5 1 4 0 20% 91 157 –66
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile 5 1 4 0 20% 154 155 -1
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 1 0 1 0 0.00% 16 23 –7
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 8 6 2 0 75% 309 104 +205
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3 3 0 0 100% 191 28 +163
File:Flag of England.svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A 1 0 1 0 0.00% 17 49 –32
File:Flag of France.svg France XV 2 0 2 0 0.00% 21 87 –66
Template:Flagicon French Military 1 0 1 0 0.00% 12 33 –21
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 25 1 23 1 4% 273 621 –348
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 11 11 0 0 100% 528 140 +388
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 5 5 0 0 100% 144 62 +82
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 3 0 3 0 0.00% 15 132 –117
Template:Flagicon Emerging Ireland 1 0 1 0 0.00% 0 66 –66
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 0 5 0 0.00% 76 283 –207
File:Flag of Italy.svg Emerging Italy 2 0 2 0 0.00% 36 60 –24
File:Flag of Italy.svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A 4 0 4 0 0.00% 66 129 –63
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 7 1 6 0 14.29% 118 299 –161
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 1 1 0 0 100% 31 10 +21
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 3 2 1 0 66.67% 44 46 –2
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 7 5 2 0 71.43% 183 141 +42
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 5 0 0 100% 243 47 +196
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 1 1 0 0 100% 66 0 +66
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 100% 49 19 +30
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 4 4 0 0 100% 201 59 +142
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 21 14 6 1 66.67% 563 429 +134
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 25 7 17 1 28% 375 634 –259
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa 1 0 1 0 0.00% 9 34 –25
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 1 0 1 0 0.00% 0 61 –61
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A 1 0 1 0 0.00% 7 49 –42
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 25 16 9 0 64% 688 608 +80
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1 0 1 0 0.00% 13 20 –7
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 2 2 0 0 100% 57 41 +16
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 9 9 0 0 100% 439 115 +324
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 0 8 0 0.00% 110 280 –170
File:Flag of the United States.svg Script error: No such module "CountryData". A 1 1 0 0 100% 30 21 +9
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 9 4 5 0 44.44% 215 231 –16
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 3 3 0 0 100% 92 35 +57
Total 232 113 116 3 48.71% 5865 5710 +155

Individual records

Most caps

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Won Lost Draw %
1 Yuri Kushnarev Fly-half 2005–2021 120 101 19 55 63 2 47.82
2 Victor Gresev Flanker 2006–2022 107 97 10 46 60 1 44.28
3 Andrey Garbuzov Lock 2005–2020 100 76 24 45 54 1 45.50
4 Vasily Artemyev Centre 2009–2022 98 94 4 41 56 1 43.68
5 Andrei Kuzin Centre 1997–2011 78 68 10 38 37 3 50.64
6 Alexander Khrokin Prop 1994–2011 76 47 29 36 38 2 48.68
7 Dmitry Gerasimov Centre 2008-2022 73 63 10 29 44 0 40.84
Vladislav Korshunov Hooker 2002–2015 73 48 25 32 39 2 45.20
Alexander Voytov Lock 2003–2014 73 67 6 29 42 2 41.09
10 Viacheslav Grachev Flanker 1993–2011 72 70 2 33 37 2 47.22

Most tries

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries
1 Vasily Artemyev Centre 2009–2022 98 94 4 145 29
2 Andrei Kuzin Centre 1997–2011 78 68 10 130 26
3 Vladimir Ostroushko Wing 2006–2020 51 47 4 125 25
4 Victor Gresev Flanker 2006–2022 107 97 10 110 22
5 Viacheslav Grachev Flanker 1993–2011 72 70 2 95 19
6 Igor Galinovskiy Wing 2006-2019 50 43 7 90 18
7 Alexander Gvozdovsky Wing 2005-2010 31 28 3 75 15
Denis Simplikevich Wing 2011-2021 30 25 5 75 15
9 Evgeny Matveev Hooker 2007-2020 65 26 39 65 13
10 Anton Rudoy Flanker 2016-2018 20 19 1 60 12

Most points

# Player Pos Span Mat Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1 Yuri Kushnarev Fly-half 2005–2021 120 797 11 155 142 2
2 Konstantin Rachkov Fly-half 1997–2011 44 316 10 51 41 5
3 Ramil Gaisin Fly-half 2012–2022 60 250 7 46 41 0
4 Vladimir Simonov Centre 2001-2004 22 168 11 25 18 3
5 Vasily Artemyev Centre 2009–2022 98 145 29 0 0 0
6 Andrei Kuzin Centre 1997–2011 78 130 26 0 0 0
7 Vladimir Ostroushko Wing 2006–2020 51 125 25 0 0 0
8 Alexander Yanyushkin Scrum-half 2002–2015 70 116 10 9 16 0
9 Viktor Motorin Scrum-half 1999–2009 41 112 2 24 18 0
10 Victor Gresev Flanker 2006–2022 107 110 22 0 0 0

Other international teams

Sevens

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The men's first official match was played at the Sevens World Cup qualifier in Dubai, beating Botswana 38-3. Since then, Russia has played 799 matches, winning 375 and losing 409, with 15 ties. [17]

Russia Sevens team last game was at the Euro Championship in Moscow, losing the third-place game vs Germany 19-12.

Russia was crowned European Sevens Champion three times, in 2007, 2016 and 2017. In European Sevens, Russia has an impressive record of 206 victories, 85 loses and 6 ties.

Women

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See also

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References

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  6. ↑ Rugby Union of Russia Official Team Media Guide for RWC11
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  9. ↑ Russia`s squad for the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship
  10. ↑ Artemyev joins Russia squad.
  11. ↑ Podrezov, Golov, Kononov and Gudok join Russia squad.
  12. ↑ Arhip joins Russia squad.
  13. ↑ Gaisin joins Russia squad.
  14. ↑ Mishechkin, Skobiola, Farkov, Golosnitsky, Sozonov and Shevtsov join Russia squad.
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  16. ↑ Russia rugby statistics
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External links

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