結果
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 03/19 15:00 | 5 |
葡萄牙
v
俄羅斯
|
- | DBFA | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 03/12 11:00 | 4 |
俄羅斯
v
荷蘭
|
- | DBFA | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 02/27 14:00 | 3 |
Georgia
v
俄羅斯
|
- | DBFA | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 02/12 09:50 | 2 |
俄羅斯
v
西班牙
|
L | 37-41 | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 02/05 12:30 | 1 |
Romania
v
俄羅斯
|
L | 34-25 | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 11/14 11:35 | 1 |
西班牙
v
俄羅斯
|
L | 49-12 | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 11/06 14:00 | 1 |
荷蘭
v
俄羅斯
|
W | 8-35 | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 07/17 10:30 | 1 |
俄羅斯
v
葡萄牙
|
L | 26-49 | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 07/03 19:00 | 1 |
西班牙
v
俄羅斯
|
- | CANC | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 03/20 11:00 | 1 |
俄羅斯
v
Georgia
|
L | 6-23 | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 03/06 12:00 | 1 |
俄羅斯
v
Romania
|
W | 18-13 | |
| 歐洲橄榄球錦標賽 | 02/07 11:00 | 5 |
Georgia
v
俄羅斯
|
L | 16-7 |
Wikipedia - Russia national rugby union team
The Russia national rugby union team (Russian: Сборная России по регби), nicknamed Medvedi (The Bears), represented Russia in men's international rugby union international competitions. The team 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.
Russia is seen as a Tier 2 union by World Rugby. 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.
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 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.
History
The Rugby Union of the Soviet Union was founded in 1936, although the national side did not play its first official international until 1974.[]
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. Following the breakup of the USSR, Russian players played for the interim Commonwealth of Independent States team, which played four matches during 1991 and 1992.[]
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.[]
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.[] 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.[] The RUR attempted to gain greater participation in the autumn test window, and was being integrated into World Rugby's global test match schedule.
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.