Russia national rugby union team

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Russia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)медведи (Medvedi, The Bears)
EmblemRussian Bear
UnionRugby Union of Russia
Head coachAleksandr Pervukhin
CaptainVictor Gresev
Most capsYuri Kushnarev (120)
Top scorerYuri Kushnarev (797)
Top try scorerVasily Artemyev (29)
Home stadiumVarious
First
colours
Second
colours
World Rugby ranking
Current25 (as of 3 July 2022)
Highest16 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Lowest26 (2005)
First international
 Soviet Union 28–0 Czechoslovakia 
(Soviet Union; 31 August 1975)
as Russian Federation
Unofficial
 Russia 27–23 Barbarians
(Moscow, Russia; 6 June 1992)
Official
 Belgium 11–17 Russia 
(Brussels, Belgium; 11 October 1992)
Biggest win
 Denmark 7–104 Russia 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; 13 May 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Japan 75–3 Russia 
(Tokyo, Japan; 6 November 2010)
World Cup
Appearances2 (First in 2011)
Best resultPool stage (2011, 2019)
Websiterugby.ru

The Russia national rugby union team (

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.[citation needed
]

Russia is seen as a Tier 2 union by World Rugby.

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.[citation needed
]

Russia competed in their first

Romania and Belgium
being eliminated.

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.[2][3]

History

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.[citation needed]

The

Commonwealth of Independent States team, which played four matches during 1991 and 1992.[citation needed
]

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.[citation needed
]

The Russian national side has since played its regular competitive rugby in

Nations Cup, the Churchill Cup, and most recently the IRB's International Rugby Series.[citation needed] The RUR attempted to gain greater participation in the autumn test window, and was being integrated into World Rugby's global test match schedule.[1]

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.[2][3]

Rugby World Cup

Main article: Russia at the Rugby World Cup

World Cup record

World Cup record World Cup Qualification record
Year Round P W D L F A P W D L F A
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987 Declined invitation -
United KingdomIrelandFrance 1991 did not enter did not enter
South Africa 1995 did not qualify 4 3 0 1 125 49
Wales 1999 4 1 0 3 85 92
Australia 2003 Banned 6 5 0 1 176 114
France 2007 did not qualify 14 6 1 7 382 323
New Zealand 2011 Pool Stage 4 0 0 4 57 196 10 7 1 2 291 175
England 2015 did not qualify 12 7 0 5 269 300
Japan 2019 Pool Stage 4 0 0 4 19 160 10 4 0 6 249 201
France 2023 Disqualified Disqualified
Total 2/9 8 0 0 8 76 356 50 29 2 19 1328 1053

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.[5] The Soviet Rugby Union was not an IRB member in time for 1991 Rugby World Cup qualifying.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed
]

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.[6]

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.[citation needed]

2011

Russia qualified for the

United States in Group C of the tournament.[7]

Match Results
Date Opponent Score Venue
15 Sep 2011  
United States
 6–13 Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
20 Sep 2011  Italy 17–53 Trafalgar Park, Nelson
25 Sep 2011  Ireland 12–62 International Stadium, Rotorua
1 Oct 2011  Australia 22–68 Trafalgar Park, Nelson

2015

See also: 2015 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

The Russian national rugby union team 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.[citation needed]

2019

See also: 2019 Rugby World Cup – Europe qualification

The Russian national rugby union team 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.[citation needed]

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.[

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.[citation needed] Since realignment, Russia has secured two runners-up spots and three third-place finishes.[citation needed
]

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.[citation needed
]

Players

Current squad

On the 23rd of January 2022, the following 26 players were called up for the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship.[8]

On the 24th of January, Vasily Artemyev was called up to the squad.[9] 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.[10]

On 30 January, Victor Arhip was called up to the squad.[11] On the 1st of February, Ramil Gaisin was called up to the squad.[12]

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.[13]

Head Coach: Russia Aleksandr Pervukhin

  • Caps updated: 8 February 2022

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

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Shamil Davudov
Hooker
 (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 28) 1 Russia Kazan
Shamil Magomedov
Hooker
 (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) 9 Russia Enisey-STM
Dmitry Parkhomenko
Hooker
 (1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 28) 4 Russia VVA Podmoskovye
Azamat Bitiev
Prop
 (1989-12-09) 9 December 1989 (age 34) 25 Russia Enisey-STM
Nikoloz Kazalikashvili
Prop
 (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 (age 31) 1 Russia Kazan
Tamerlan Khubaev
Prop
 (1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 25) 0 Russia Dinamo Moscow
Evgeny Mishechkin
Prop
 (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 26) 22 Russia Slava Moscow
Nikoloz Narmania
Prop
 (2000-09-13) 13 September 2000 (age 23) 0 France Carcassonne
Vladimir Podrezov
Prop
 (1994-01-27) 27 January 1994 (age 30) 40 Russia VVA Podmoskovye
Stepan Seryakov
Prop
 (1997-09-26) 26 September 1997 (age 26) 1 Russia Enisey-STM
Alexei Skobiola
Prop
 (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 32) 2 Russia Slava Moscow
Nikita Bekov
Lock
 (1996-03-04) 4 March 1996 (age 28) 3
Blagnac
Maxim Gargalîc
Lock
 (1989-03-07) 7 March 1989 (age 35) 1 Russia Enisey-STM
Anton Makarenko
Lock
 (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 32) 1 Russia Enisey-STM
German Silenko
Lock
 (1995-08-09) 9 August 1995 (age 28) 7 Russia Lokomotiv Penza
Victor Arhip
Back row
 (1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 (age 34) 1 Russia Krasny Yar
Artémy Gallo
Back row
 (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 23) 2 France Suresnes
Vladimir Geraskin
Back row
 (2000-05-21) 21 May 2000 (age 23) 1 Russia Lokomotiv Penza
Victor Gresev (c)
Back row
 (1986-03-31) 31 March 1986 (age 38) 106 Russia Lokomotiv Penza
Nikita Vavilin
Back row
 (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 29) 24 Russia Slava Moscow
Vitaly Zhivatov
Back row
 (1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 32) 19 Russia VVA Podmoskovye
Stepan Khokhlov
Scrum-half
 (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 (age 25) 6 Russia Slava Moscow
Efim Ryabishchuk
Scrum-half
 (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 25) 1 Russia Enisey-STM
Alexey Shcherban
Scrum-half
 (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 33) 49 Russia Enisey-STM
Gleb Farkov
Fly-half
 (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 26) 1 Russia Dinamo Moscow
Ramil Gaisin
Fly-half
 (1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 32) 60 Russia Enisey-STM
Alexei Golov
Fly-half
 (1992-01-24) 24 January 1992 (age 32) 3 Russia Kazan
Daniil Semenov
Fly-half
 (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000 (age 23) 1 Russia CSKA Moscow
German Davydov
Centre
 (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 30) 31 Russia VVA Podmoskovye
Dmitry Gerasimov
Centre
 (1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 36) 72 Russia Enisey-STM
Kirill Golosnitsky
Centre
 (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994 (age 29) 23 Russia VVA Podmoskovye
Victor Kononov
Centre
 (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 27) 6 Russia Enisey-STM
Vladislav Sozonov
Centre
 (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 30) 13 Russia Lokomotiv Penza
Alexander Gudok
Wing
 (1991-06-03) 3 June 1991 (age 32) 0 Russia Lokomotiv Penza
Andrei Karzanov
Wing
 (1990-11-25) 25 November 1990 (age 33) 8 Russia Lokomotiv Penza
Alexey Mikhaltsov
Wing
 (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 32) 11 Russia Enisey-STM
Daniil Potikhanov
Wing
 (1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 24) 8 Russia Lokomotiv Penza
Vasily Artemyev
Fullback
 (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 36) 97 Russia CSKA Moscow
Maxim Shevtsov
Fullback
 (2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 23) 0 Russia Dinamo Moscow
Dmitry Sukhin
Fullback
 (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 (age 29) 1 Russia Krasny Yar

Current coaching staff

The current coaching staff of the Russian national team:[14]

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

Past Coaches

Since 1992

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

Stadiums and attendance

The national team does not have a permanent home stadium and play their matches at various locations across Russia.[citation needed] After 2018 FIFA World Cup was held in Russia, the country received new large stadiums as a heritage. The Russian rugby union was given the opportunity to use these stadiums for the home games of the national team. The first big match took place in Moscow at VTB Arena as part of the warm-up to 2019 Rugby World Cup. In February 2020, Russia will host Portugal to the Kaliningrad Stadium.[citation needed]

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

Rank Attendance Opponent Date Venue Location
1 15,000  Italy 1998-04-18 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
2 15,000  Ireland 2002-09-21 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
3 12,000  Namibia 2018-11-10 Kuban Stadium Krasnodar
4 12,000  Portugal 2020-02-22 Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad
5 11,500  Spain 2018-02-10 Kuban Stadium Krasnodar
6 10,000
USA Selects
 2003-07-19 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
7 9,500  Georgia 2021-03-20 Kaliningrad Stadium Kaliningrad
8 8,237  Spain 2020-02-01 Fisht Stadium Sochi
9 8,000  Georgia 2008-04-12 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
10 8,000  Zimbabwe 2014-08-04 Central Stadium Krasnoyarsk
11 6,500 Ireland Connacht 2019-09-07 VTB Arena Moscow
12 6,000  Belgium 2018-02-17 Kuban Stadium Krasnodar
13 5,850  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
2023-06-25 Russia Russian Barbarians n/a L 14-57 Russia Luzhniki Sports Village, Moscow Test match
2023-10-21 Russia Russian Barbarians n/a L 21-25 Russia Solidarnost Samara Arena, Samara Test match

World Rugby Rankings

Men's World Rugby Rankings
Top 30 as of 18 March 2024[15]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  South Africa 094.54
2 Steady  Ireland 090.69
3 Steady  New Zealand 089.80
4 Steady  France 087.92
5 Steady  England 085.75
6 Steady  Scotland 082.82
7 Steady  Argentina 080.68
8 Increase1  Italy 079.41
9 Increase1  Australia 077.48
10 Decrease2  Wales 077.26
11 Steady  Fiji 076.38
12 Steady  Japan 074.27
13 Steady  Georgia 074.02
14 Steady  Samoa 072.23
15 Increase1  Tonga 071.57
16 Decrease1  Portugal 070.28
17 Steady  
United States
 067.94
18 Steady  Uruguay 067.39
19 Steady  Spain 064.37
20 Steady  Romania 061.66
21 Steady  Canada 060.90
22 Steady  Namibia 060.56
23 Steady  Chile 060.49
24 Steady  Hong Kong 059.80
25 Steady  Russia 058.06
26 Steady   Switzerland 057.44
27 Steady  Netherlands 057.29
28 Increase1  Belgium 055.89
29 Decrease1  Brazil 055.37
30 Increase1  Korea 053.46
* Change from the previous week
Russia's historical rankings
See or edit source data.
Source: World Rugby[15]
Graph updated to 4 March 2024

On introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in October 2003, Russia was ranked 23rd.[citation needed] 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 6 November 2021.[16]

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Argentina Jaguars 5 0 5 0 0.00% 58 200 –142
 Argentina XV 2 2 0 0 100.00% 87 78 +9
 Australia 1 0 1 0 0.00% 22 68 –46
 Belgium 8 7 1 0 87.50% 275 148 +127
 Canada 5 1 4 0 20.00% 91 157 –66
 Chile 3 1 2 0 33.33% 98 83 +15
 Croatia 1 0 1 0 0.00% 16 23 –7
 Czech Republic 8 6 2 0 75.00% 309 104 +205
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 100.00% 191 28 +163
 
England Saxons
 1 0 1 0 0.00% 17 49 –32
 France XV 2 0 2 0 0.00% 21 87 –66
France French Military 1 0 1 0 0.00% 12 33 –21
 Georgia 25 1 23 1 4.00% 273 621 –348
 Germany 11 11 0 0 100.00% 528 140 +388
 Hong Kong 5 5 0 0 100.00% 144 62 +82
 Ireland 3 0 3 0 0.00% 15 132 –117
Ireland Emerging Ireland 1 0 1 0 0.00% 0 66 –66
 Italy 5 0 5 0 0.00% 76 283 –207
 Emerging Italy 2 0 2 0 0.00% 36 60 –24
 Italy A 4 0 4 0 0.00% 66 129 –63
 Japan 7 1 6 0 16.7% 118 299 –161
 Kenya 1 1 0 0 100.00% 31 10 +21
 Morocco 3 2 1 0 66.67% 44 46 –2
 Namibia 7 5 2 0 71.43% 183 141 +42
 Netherlands 5 5 0 0 100.00% 243 47 +196
 Norway 1 1 0 0 100.00% 66 0 +66
 Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 100.00% 49 19 +30
 Poland 4 4 0 0 100.00% 201 59 +142
 Portugal 21 14 6 1 66.67% 563 429 +134
 Romania 24 7 16 1 29.17% 347 580 –233
 Samoa 1 0 1 0 0.00% 9 34 –25
 Scotland 1 0 1 0 0.00% 0 61 –61
 Scotland A 1 0 1 0 0.00% 7 49 –42
 Spain 23 16 7 0 72.72% 639 518 +121
 Sweden 1 0 1 0 0.00% 13 20 –7
 Tunisia 2 2 0 0 100.00% 57 41 +16
 Ukraine 9 9 0 0 100.00% 439 115 +324
 
United States
 8 0 8 0 0.00% 110 280 –170
 
USA Selects
 1 1 0 0 100.00% 30 21 +9
 Uruguay 9 4 5 0 44.44% 215 231 –16
 Zimbabwe 3 3 0 0 100.00% 92 35 +57
Total 227 113 111 3 49.78% 5735 5514 +221

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– 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– 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- 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– 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– 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- 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– 60 250 7 46 41 0
4 Vladimir Simonov
Centre
 2001-2004 22 168 11 25 18 3
5 Vasily Artemyev
Centre
 2009– 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– 107 110 22 0 0 0

Other international teams

Sevens

Main article: Russia national rugby sevens team

Russia also has a

World Rugby Sevens Series and in the FIRA-AER Grand Prix Sevens circuit, with Moscow hosting the second leg.[citation needed
]

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, wining 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

Main article: Russia women's national rugby union team

Russia's women field national rugby union teams in both fifteens, where it appeared at the

IRB Women's Sevens World Series.[citation needed
]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Russia national rugby union team.

References

  1. ^ a b "International Rugby Board - Integrated Tier 2 Test calendar moves closer". Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  2. ^ a b Gallan, Daniel (1 March 2022). "World Rugby joins other sports bodies by suspending Russia and Belarus". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Rugby Europe Statement – Russia and Belarus Suspension". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  4. ^ RUR Team Media Guide RWC11
  5. ^ Rugby Union of Russia Official Team Media Guide for RWC11
  6. ^ "FEDERACION ESPAÑOLA RUGBY - la DH y LIGA IBERDROLA".
  7. ^ "Official RWC 2011 Site". RugbyWorldCup.com. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  8. ^ Russia`s squad for the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship
  9. ^ Artemyev joins Russia squad.
  10. ^ Podrezov, Golov, Kononov and Gudok join Russia squad.
  11. ^ Arhip joins Russia squad.
  12. ^ Gaisin joins Russia squad.
  13. ^ Mishechkin, Skobiola, Farkov, Golosnitsky, Sozonov and Shevtsov join Russia squad.
  14. ^ "Russia Rugby's Coaching Staff". Rugby Union of Russia.
  15. ^ a b "Men's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  16. ^ Russia rugby statistics
  17. ^ "Rugby7.com the best Resource for Rugby Sevens on the Web". www.rugby7.com. Retrieved 2024-04-06.

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