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Russia at the Rugby World Cup

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Map of nations best results, excluding nations which unsuccessfully participated in qualifying tournaments.

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
 Russia 2 2011 2019 1 Pool stages
Year(s) Result
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
2023 Banned from qualification.[4]

By position

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Year Round Position Played Won Drew Lost For Against
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987 - - - - - -
United KingdomRepublic of IrelandFrance 1991 - - - - -
South Africa 1995
Wales 1999
Australia 2003
France 2007
New Zealand 2011 Group 18th 4 0 0 4 57 196
England 2015
Japan 2019 Group 20th 4 0 0 4 19 160
Total - 8 0 0 8 76 356

By match

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2011 Rugby World Cup

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Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T B Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 4 4 0 0 135 34 +101 15 1 17 Advanced to the quarter-finals and
qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup
2  Australia 4 3 0 1 173 48 +125 25 3 15
3  Italy 4 2 0 2 92 95 −3 13 2 10 Eliminated but qualified for 2015 Rugby World Cup
4  United States 4 1 0 3 38 122 −84 4 0 4
5  Russia 4 0 0 4 57 196 −139 8 1 1
Source: [citation needed]
15 September 2011
19:30
Russia 6–13 United States
Pen: Kushnarev (1/4) 3'
Rachkov (1/1) 78'
ReportTry: Petri 19' c
Con: Wyles (1/1)
Pen: Wyles (2/5) 12', 65'
Drop: Wyles (0/1)
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Attendance: 13,931
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

20 September 2011
19:30
Italy 53–17 Russia
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)
ReportTry: Yanyushkin 34' c
Ostroushko 50' m
Makovetskiy 71' m
Con: Rachkov (1/3)
Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Attendance: 12,418
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

25 September 2011
18:00
Ireland 62–12 Russia
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'
ReportTry: Artemyev 50' c
Simplikevich 59' m
Con: Rachkov (1/2)
Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Attendance: 25,661
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

1 October 2011
15:30
Australia 68–22 Russia
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)
ReportTry: Ostroushko 33' m
Simplikevich 60' c
Rachkov 68' c
Con: Kushnarev (0/1)
Rachkov (2/2)
Drop: Rachkov (1/1) 47'
Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Attendance: 16,307
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)

2019 Rugby World Cup

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T B Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 115 62 +53 13 3 19 Advanced to the quarter-finals and
qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup
2  Ireland 4 3 0 1 121 27 +94 18 4 16
3  Scotland 4 2 0 2 119 55 +64 16 3 11 Eliminated but qualified for 2023 Rugby World Cup
4  Samoa 4 1 0 3 58 128 −70 8 1 5
5  Russia 4 0 0 4 19 160 −141 1 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Japan vs Russia
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20 September 2019
19:45 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Japan 30–10 Russia
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'
ReportTry: Golosnitski 5' c
Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 6'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 61'
Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu
Attendance: 45,745
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Japan
Russia
FB 15 Will Tupou downward-facing red arrow 71'
RW 14 Kotaro Matsushima
OC 13 Timothy Lafaele
IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura
LW 11 Lomano Lemeki
FH 10 Yu Tamura downward-facing red arrow 67'
SH 9 Yutaka Nagare downward-facing red arrow 61'
N8 8 Kazuki Himeno
OF 7 Lappies Labuschagné
BF 6 Michael Leitch (c) downward-facing red arrow 71'
RL 5 James Moore
LL 4 Wimpie van der Walt downward-facing red arrow 61'
TP 3 Asaeli Ai Valu downward-facing red arrow 55'
HK 2 Shota Horie downward-facing red arrow 75'
LP 1 Keita Inagaki downward-facing red arrow 55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Atsushi Sakate upward-facing green arrow 75'
PR 17 Isileli Nakajima upward-facing green arrow 55'
PR 18 Koo Ji-won upward-facing green arrow 55'
LK 19 Luke Thompson upward-facing green arrow 60'
FL 20 Hendrik Tui upward-facing green arrow 71'
SH 21 Fumiaki Tanaka upward-facing green arrow 61'
FH 22 Rikiya Matsuda upward-facing green arrow 67'
FB 23 Ryohei Yamanaka upward-facing green arrow 71'
Coach:
New Zealand Jamie Joseph
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
RW 14 German Davydov
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko
IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov downward-facing red arrow 68'
LW 11 Kirill Golosnitsky
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev downward-facing red arrow 65'
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev downward-facing red arrow 33' upward-facing green arrow 42' downward-facing red arrow 74'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov downward-facing red arrow 65'
RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko downward-facing red arrow 61'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev downward-facing red arrow 68'
HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy downward-facing red arrow 65'
LP 1 Valery Morozov downward-facing red arrow 65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Evgeny Matveev upward-facing green arrow 65'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov upward-facing green arrow 65'
PR 18 Azamat Bitiev upward-facing green arrow 68'
LK 19 Andrey Garbuzov upward-facing green arrow 62'
FL 20 Anton Sychev upward-facing green arrow 65'
SH 21 Dmitry Perov upward-facing green arrow 33' downward-facing red arrow 42' upward-facing green arrow 74'
FH 22 Ramil Gaisin upward-facing green arrow 65'
WG 23 Vladislav Sozonov upward-facing green arrow 68'
Coach:
Wales Lyn Jones

Player of the Match:
Kotaro Matsushima (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Nic Berry (Australia)
Matthew Carley (England)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

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
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24 September 2019
19:15 JST (UTC+09)
Russia 9–34 Samoa (1 BP)
Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 19', 26'
Drop: Kushnarev (1/1) 48'
ReportTry: 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'
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya
Attendance: 22,564
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Russia
Samoa
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
RW 14 German Davydov
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko
IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov downward-facing red arrow 65'
LW 11 Kirill Golosnitsky
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev downward-facing red arrow 55'
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev downward-facing red arrow 55'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin downward-facing red arrow 65'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov
RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov downward-facing red arrow 65'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev Yellow card 47' downward-facing red arrow 71'
HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy downward-facing red arrow 57'
LP 1 Valery Morozov downward-facing red arrow 59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Evgeny Matveev upward-facing green arrow 57'
PR 17 Andrey Polivalov upward-facing green arrow 59'
PR 18 Azamat Bitiev upward-facing green arrow 71'
LK 19 Andrey Garbuzov upward-facing green arrow 65'
FL 20 Anton Sychev upward-facing green arrow 21'
SH 21 Dmitry Perov upward-facing green arrow 22'
FH 22 Ramil Gaisin upward-facing green arrow 55'
WG 23 Vladislav Sozonov upward-facing green arrow 65'
Coach:
Wales Lyn Jones
FB 15 Tim Nanai-Williams downward-facing red arrow 65'
RW 14 Alapati Leiua
OC 13 Rey Lee-Lo Yellow card 29'
IC 12 Henry Taefu
LW 11 Ed Fidow
FH 10 Tusi Pisi downward-facing red arrow 65'
SH 9 Dwayne Polataivao downward-facing red arrow 40'
N8 8 Afa Amosa downward-facing red arrow 33' upward-facing green arrow 40' downward-facing red arrow 46'
OF 7 TJ Ioane
BF 6 Chris Vui (c)
RL 5 Kane Le'aupepe
LL 4 Filo Paulo downward-facing red arrow 65'
TP 3 Michael Alaalatoa downward-facing red arrow 55'
HK 2 Motu Matu'u Yellow card 31' downward-facing red arrow 40'
LP 1 Logovi'i Mulipola downward-facing red arrow 51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ray Niuia upward-facing green arrow 33'
PR 17 Paul Alo-Emile upward-facing green arrow 55'
PR 18 Jordan Lay upward-facing green arrow 51'
LK 19 Senio Toleafoa upward-facing green arrow 65'
LK 20 Josh Tyrell upward-facing green arrow 46'
SH 21 Melani Matavao upward-facing green arrow 40'
FH 22 AJ Alatimu upward-facing green arrow 65'
FH 23 UJ Seuteni upward-facing green arrow 65'
Coach:
New Zealand Steve Jackson

Player of the Match:
Alapati Leiua (Samoa)

Assistant referees:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

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
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3 October 2019
19:15 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Ireland 35–0 Russia
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
Kobe Misaki Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 26,856
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Ireland
Russia
FB 15 Rob Kearney downward-facing red arrow 50'
RW 14 Andrew Conway
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c) downward-facing red arrow 40'
SH 9 Luke McGrath
N8 8 Jordi Murphy downward-facing red arrow 27'
OF 7 Peter O'Mahony
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock
RL 5 Jean Kleyn downward-facing red arrow 61'
LL 4 Tadhg Beirne
TP 3 John Ryan downward-facing red arrow 58'
HK 2 Niall Scannell downward-facing red arrow 58'
LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne downward-facing red arrow 58'
Replacements:
HK 16 Seán Cronin upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 17 Andrew Porter upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 Tadhg Furlong upward-facing green arrow 58'
LK 19 Iain Henderson upward-facing green arrow 61'
N8 20 CJ Stander upward-facing green arrow 27'
SH 21 Conor Murray
FH 22 Jack Carty upward-facing green arrow 40'
FB 23 Jordan Larmour upward-facing green arrow 50'
Coach:
New Zealand Joe Schmidt
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
RW 14 German Davydov
OC 13 Igor Galinovskiy
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky downward-facing red arrow 15'
LW 11 Denis Simplikevich downward-facing red arrow 71'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
SH 9 Dmitry Perov
N8 8 Victor Gresev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
BF 6 Anton Sychev downward-facing red arrow 70'
RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko Yellow card 34' downward-facing red arrow 64'
LL 4 Andrey Garbuzov downward-facing red arrow 50'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev downward-facing red arrow 68'
HK 2 Evgeny Matveev downward-facing red arrow 40'
LP 1 Andrey Polivalov downward-facing red arrow 40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stanislav Sel'skiy upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 17 Valery Morozov upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov upward-facing green arrow 68'
LK 19 Andrei Ostrikov Yellow card 51' upward-facing green arrow 50'
LK 20 Evgeny Elgin upward-facing green arrow 64'
FH 21 Sergey Yanyushkin upward-facing green arrow 71'
FL 22 Roman Khodin upward-facing green arrow 70'
CE 23 Vladimir Ostroushko upward-facing green arrow 15'
Coach:
Wales Lyn Jones

Player of the Match:
Rhys Ruddock (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Scotland vs Russia
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9 October 2019
16:15 JST (UTC+09)
(1 BP) Scotland 61–0 Russia
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
Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Fukuroi
Attendance: 44,123
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Scotland
Russia
FB 15 Blair Kinghorn
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Duncan Taylor
IC 12 Peter Horne
LW 11 Darcy Graham downward-facing red arrow 47'
FH 10 Adam Hastings
SH 9 George Horne downward-facing red arrow 65'
N8 8 Ryan Wilson
OF 7 Fraser Brown downward-facing red arrow 31'
BF 6 John Barclay (c)
RL 5 Ben Toolis
LL 4 Scott Cummings downward-facing red arrow 61'
TP 3 Zander Fagerson downward-facing red arrow 40'
HK 2 George Turner downward-facing red arrow 65'
LP 1 Gordon Reid downward-facing red arrow 61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally upward-facing green arrow 65'
PR 17 Simon Berghan upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 18 W. P. Nel upward-facing green arrow 61'
LK 19 Grant Gilchrist upward-facing green arrow 61'
FL 20 Magnus Bradbury upward-facing green arrow 31'
FL 21 Jamie Ritchie
SH 22 Henry Pyrgos upward-facing green arrow 47'
CE 23 Chris Harris upward-facing green arrow 65'
Coach:
Scotland Gregor Townsend
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c) downward-facing red arrow 61'
RW 14 German Davydov
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko downward-facing red arrow 38' upward-facing green arrow 40'
IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov
LW 11 Vladislav Sozonov
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin downward-facing red arrow 65'
SH 9 Dmitry Perov
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin downward-facing red arrow 58'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin downward-facing red arrow 50'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov downward-facing red arrow 69'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev downward-facing red arrow 61'
HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy downward-facing red arrow 61'
LP 1 Valery Morozov downward-facing red arrow 61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Sergey Chernyshev upward-facing green arrow 61'
PR 17 Azamat Bitiev upward-facing green arrow 61'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov upward-facing green arrow 61'
LK 19 Bogdan Fedotko upward-facing green arrow 50'
LK 20 Andrey Garbuzov upward-facing green arrow 69'
FH 21 Sergey Yanyushkin upward-facing green arrow 65'
N8 22 Anton Sychev upward-facing green arrow 58'
FH 23 Yuri Kushnarev upward-facing green arrow 38' downward-facing red arrow 40' upward-facing green arrow 61'
Coach:
Wales Lyn Jones

Player of the Match:
Adam Hastings (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

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

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Australia vs Played Win Draw Lost Win %
 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

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Most points in a tournament


Highest Score


Highest Winning Margin

Nil


Highest Score Against


Biggest Losing Margin


Most Tries in a Game


Most Penalty Goals in a Game


Most Drop Goals in a Game

Individual Records

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Most Appearances


Top Point Scorers


Most Points In A Game


Top Try Scorer


Most Penalty Goals


Top Drop Goals

Hosting

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Russia has not hosted any World Cup games.

References

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  1. ^ "IRB World Rankings". IRB.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  2. ^ The USSR national rugby union team was Russia's international representation at this time.
  3. ^ The CIS was Russia's international representation at this time.
  4. ^ "Russia banned from Rugby World Cup qualification, Georgia advance". BBC Sport. 10 March 2022.