Russia at the Rugby World Cup
Russia qualified for the Rugby World Cup for the first time in 2011.
As of April 26, 2010, Russia placed at 19th position in the world rankings, just behind Romania and the USA. They are currently the ninth best team in Europe according to the world rankings.[1]
Nation | Number of appearances | First appearance | Most recent appearance | Streak | Best result |
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Russia | 2 | 2011 | 2019 | 1 | Pool stages |
Year(s) | Result |
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1987 | No qualifying tournament held.[2] |
1991 | Did not qualify.[3] |
1995 to 2007 | Did not qualify. |
2011 | Eliminated in pool stages |
2015 | Did not qualify. |
2019 | Eliminated in pool stages |
By position[]
Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against |
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1987 | - | – | - | - | – | - | - | - |
1991 | - | – | - | – | – | - | - | - |
1995 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
1999 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2003 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2007 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2011 | Group | 18th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 196 |
2015 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
2019 | Group | 20th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 160 |
Total | - | – | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 76 | 356 |
By match[]
2011 Rugby World Cup[]
Pool C[]
Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts | |
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Ireland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 135 | 34 | +101 | 1 | 17 |
Australia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 173 | 48 | +125 | 3 | 15 |
Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 92 | 95 | −3 | 2 | 10 |
United States | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 122 | −84 | 0 | 4 |
Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 196 | −139 | 1 | 1 |
15 September 2011
19:30 |
Russia | 6 – 13 | United States |
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Pen: Kushnarev (1/4) 3' Rachkov (1/1) 78' |
Report | Try: Petri 19' c Con: Wyles (1/1) Pen: Wyles (2/5) 12', 65' Drop: Wyles (0/1) |
20 September 2011
19:30 |
Italy | 53 – 17 | Russia |
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Try: Parisse 6' c Toniolatti (2) 13' m, 23' c Benvenuti (2) 16' m, 48' m Penalty try 29' c Gori 37' c McLean 64' m Zanni 77' m Con: Bocchino (4/6) Benvenuti (0/3) Pen: Bocchino (0/1) |
Report | Try: Yanyushkin 34' c Ostroushko 50' m Makovetskiy 71' m Con: Rachkov (1/3) |
25 September 2011
18:00 |
Ireland | 62 – 12 | Russia |
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Try: McFadden 10' c O'Brien 13' c Boss 38' c Earls (2) 38' c, 48' c Trimble 40+' m Kearney 65' c Jennings 73' c Buckley 79' m Con: O'Gara (6/7) Sexton (1/2) Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 6' |
Report | Try: Artemyev 50' c Simplikevich 59' m Con: Rachkov (1/2) |
1 October 2011
15:30 |
Australia | 68 – 22 | Russia |
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Try: Barnes (2) 7' m, 79' c Mitchell (2) 9' c, 49' c McCalman 12' c Pocock (2) 15' c, 22' c Moore 36' c Ashley-Cooper 39' c Ma'afu 42' c Con: O'Connor (9/10) |
Report | Try: Ostroushko 33' m Simplikevich 60' c Rachkov 68' c Con: Kushnarev (0/1) Rachkov (2/2) Drop: Rachkov (1/1) 47' |
2019 Rugby World Cup[]
Pool A[]
Pld | W | D | L | TF | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts | |
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Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 115 | 62 | +53 | 3 | 19 |
Ireland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 121 | 27 | +94 | 4 | 16 |
Scotland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 119 | 55 | +64 | 3 | 11 |
Samoa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 128 | –70 | 1 | 5 |
Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 160 | –141 | 0 | 0 |
Japan vs Russia[]
(1 BP) Japan | 30–10 | Russia |
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Try: Matsushima (3) 12' m, 39' c, 69' c Labuschagné 47' m Con: Tamura (1/3) 40' Matsuda (1/1) 71' Pen: Tamura (2/2) 44', 64' |
Report | Try: Golosnitski 5' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 6' Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 61' |
Japan
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Russia
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Notes:
- This was the first Rugby World Cup opener not to feature a Tier 1 nation.
- Kotaro Matsushima (Japan) became the first Japanese player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup, and the first player to score one in a Rugby World Cup opener.
- Russia's try was the fastest to be scored in an opening match of a Rugby World Cup.
Russia vs Samoa[]
Russia | 9–34 | Samoa (1 BP) |
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Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 19', 26' Drop: Kushnarev (1/1) 48' |
Report | Try: Leiua (2) 16' m, 80' m Amosa 45' m Fidow (2) 49' c, 53' c Lee-Lo 63' m Con: Pisi (2/5) 50', 54' |
Russia
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Samoa
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Notes:
- This was the first meeting between the two nations.
- Ahsee Tuala was due to start the game, but was replaced with Henry Taefu following injury ahead of kick off.
Ireland vs Russia[]
(1 BP) Ireland | 35–0 | Russia |
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Try: Kearney 2' c O'Mahony 13' c Ruddock 35' c Conway 62' c Ringrose 76' c Con: Sexton (3/3) 4', 15', 37' Carty (2/2) 63', 77' |
Report |
Ireland
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Russia
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Notes:
- Igor Galinovskiy (Russia) earned his 50th test cap.
Scotland vs Russia[]
(1 BP) Scotland | 61–0 | Russia |
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Try: Hastings (2) 14' c, 18' c G. Horne (3) 22' c, 45' c, 59' m Turner 51' c Seymour 56' c Barclay 75' c McInally 78' c Con: Hastings (8/9) 15', 20', 24', 46', 53', 57', 76', 80' |
Report |
Scotland
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Russia
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Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Notes:
- This is the first meeting between the two nations.
- Vladimir Ostroushko (Russia) earned his 50th test cap.
- Scotland became the first team to record multiple nilled-victories over their opponent in one World Cup campaign, and become the first team to record a fifth nilled-victory in World Cup history.
- Mathieu Raynal was due to referee this game but withdrew ahead of kick off due to illness - Wayne Barnes stepped up from assistant with Alexandre Ruiz covering the assistant role.
World Cup Records[]
Australia vs | Played | Win | Draw | Lost | Win % |
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Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Samoa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Scotland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Overall | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
Team Records[]
- Most points in a tournament
- 57 In New Zealand(2011)
- 19 in Japan(2019)
- Highest Score
- Highest Winning Margin
Nil
- Highest Score Against
- 68 vs Australia 2011
- 62 vs Ireland 2011
- 61 vs Scotland 2019
- 53 vs Italy 2011
- 35 vs Ireland 2019
- Biggest Losing Margin
- 61 vs Scotland 2019
- 50 vs Ireland 2011
- 46 vs Australia 2011
- 35 vs Ireland 2019
- 25 vs Samoa 2019
- Most Tries in a Game
- 3 vs Australia 2011
- 3 vs Italy 2011
- 2 vs Ireland 2011
- 1 vs Japan 2019
- Most Penalty Goals in a Game
- Most Drop Goals in a Game
- 1 vs Australia 2011
- 1 vs Samoa 2019
Individual Records[]
- Most Appearances
- 8 Vladimir Ostroushko(2011,2019)
- 8 Andrey Garbuzov (2011,2019)
- 8 Vasily Artemyev (2011,2019)
- 6 Yuri Kushnarev (2011,2019)
- Top Point Scorers
- 19 Konstantin Rachkov
- 17 Yuri Kushnarev
- 10 Vladimir Ostroushko
- 10 Denis Simplikevich
- 5 Vasily Artemyev
- 5 Alexey Makovetskiy
- 5 Alexander Yanyushkin
- 5 Kirill Golosnitsky
- Most Points In A Game
- 12 vs Australia - Konstantin Rachkov (2011)
- 9 vs Samoa - Yuri Kushnarev (2019)
- Top Try Scorer
- 2 Vladimir Ostroushko
- 2 Denis Simplikevich
- 1 Vasily Artemyev
- 1 Alexey Makovetskiy
- 1 Alexander Yanyushkin
- 1 Konstantin Rachkov
- 1 Kirill Golosnitsky
- Most Penalty Goals
- Top Drop Goals
Hosting[]
Russia has not hosted any World Cup games.
References[]
- ^ "IRB World Rankings". IRB.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ The USSR national rugby union team was Russia's international representation at this time.
- ^ The CIS was Russia's international representation at this time.
- Russia national rugby union team
- Rugby World Cup by nation