The Russia national rugby union team is the second Asian team in Rugby World Cup 2019 after hosts Japan Rugby. But they qualify from Europe region for RWC 2019. Russia started to play international rugby matches in 1992, they haven’t appeared in all Rugby World Cups. They only came into play 2011 Rugby World Cup and lost all Pool Stage matches. Just before the 2019 RWC, the current World Rugby Rankings says that they are at 20th place. Russia to play hosts nation Japan in their first match of RWC 2019. The match is on 20 September 2019 after the Opening Ceremony at Tokyo Stadium. Russia is in Pool A with Japan, Ireland, Scotland, and Samoa.
The Asia region team Russia is qualified from Europe side this time, they couldn’t qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. In 2011 Rugby World Cup, Russia lost all his Pool Stage matches and earned only 1 point. The below details will give you complete information about the Russian team in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
15 September 2011 |
Russia 6–13 United States |
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth |
20 September 2011 |
Italy 53–17 Russia |
Trafalgar Park, Nelson |
25 September 2011 |
Ireland 62–12 Russia |
International Stadium, Rotorua |
1 October 2011 |
Australia 68–22 Russia |
Trafalgar Park, Nelson |
Quarter Final: Not Reached |
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Semi-Final: Not Reached |
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Bronze / Final: Not Reached |
This is the second appearance of Russia rugby union in 2019 Rugby World Cup, previously they played 2011 RWC. In that appearance, they hardly perform well and only succeeded 1 point. But for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, the Russian team is ready to perform well under the leadership of Vasily Artemyev. His position is Full-back in the team. Vasily is ready to perform with his teammates and geared up to play a positive game to win more matches. The below-given team members are the Russia team in the 2019 RWC.
Player |
Position |
Sergey Chernyshev |
Hooker |
Leonid Kalinin |
Hooker |
Evgeny Matveev |
Hooker |
Stanislav Sel'skiy |
Hooker |
Azamat Bitiev |
Prop |
Kirill Gotovtsev |
Prop |
Andrey Igretsov |
Prop |
Valery Morozov |
Prop |
Vladimir Podrezov |
Prop |
Andrey Polivalov |
Prop |
Sergey Sekisov |
Prop |
Evgeny Elgin |
Lock |
Bogdan Fedotko |
Lock |
Andrey Garbuzov |
Lock |
Evgeni Mishechkin |
Lock |
Andrei Ostrikov |
Lock |
Alexei Panasenko |
Lock |
Tagir Gadzhiev |
Back row |
Victor Gresev |
Back row |
Alexander Ilin |
Back row |
Roman Khodin |
Back row |
Patris Peki |
Back row |
Anton Sychev |
Back row |
Nikita Vavilin |
Back row |
Vitaly Zhivatov |
Back row |
Vasily Dorofeev |
Scrum-half |
Dmitry Perov |
Scrum-half |
Alexei Shcherban |
Scrum-half |
Ramil Gaisin |
Fly-half |
German Godlyuk |
Fly-half |
Yuri Kushnarev |
Fly-half |
Sergey Yanyushkin |
Fly-half |
German Davydov |
Centre |
Dmitry Gerasimov |
Centre |
Kirill Golosnitsky |
Centre |
Vladimir Ostroushko |
Centre |
Mikhail Babaev |
Wing |
Igor Galinovskiy |
Wing |
Daniil Potikhanov |
Wing |
Denis Simplikevich |
Wing |
Vladislav Sozonov |
Wing |
Vasily Artemyev |
Fullback (c) |
Russia Rugby fans! Be ready to witness your team matches in the Rugby World Cup 2019. Show your support by watching Russia Rugby Live matches through our WatchOnlineRugby.net website. This time 2 Asian teams will start the Rugby world cup proceeding with the first match is Russia Vs Japan. Right after the Opening Ceremony of Rugby World Cup 2019, the match will begin at 7:45 PM local time at Tokyo Stadium. Here is Russia Pool Stage Schedule for RWC 2019. Stay connected to our website for the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final of RWC19.
20 September 2019 |
Vs Japan |
19:45 |
Tokyo Stadium |
24 September 2019 |
Vs Samoa |
19:15 |
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium |
3 October 2019 |
Vs Ireland |
19:15 |
Kobe Misaki Stadium |
9 October 2019 |
Vs Scotland |
16:15 |
Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa |