2011 Russian Professional Rugby League season

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2011 Russian Professional Rugby League season
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The 2011 Russian Professional Rugby League season will be the seventh edition of the competition since its transition from the Super League.

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The reigning champions, VVA Monino will be attempting to secure a recording breaking ninth championship and overtake Krasny Yar as the most successful Russian rugby union side in the professional era.

There have again been a number of changes and events taking place behind the scenes at the Russian Rugby Union. At the start of the season, rumours spread that the league would again expand, possibly to as many as fifteen (15) teams. Of the potential new entrants, the most likely entrant was a team based in the city of Kazan, a former "stronghold" of rugby league in Russia.

However, due to the commitments of the national team at the World Cup, it was decided that there would be no new teams added to the competition. To compensate, a lower division was created, called the First Division, wherein seven teams will compete for the chance to be promoted to the "Super League".

Competition format

Details of this season's competition format have not yet been decided.

Teams

Warm-up fixtures and results

21 February 2011 Farul Constanţa Flag of Romania.svg 7 31 Flag of Russia.svg Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Turkey  
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27 February 2011 Lazio Roma Rugby Flag of Italy.svg 14 37 Flag of Russia.svg Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Italy  
1 March 2011 Ludom Avezzano Rugby Flag of Italy.svg 12 74 Flag of Russia.svg Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Italy  
5 March 2011 L'Aquila Flag of Italy.svg 12 24 Flag of Russia.svg Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila  
Try: Maurizio Zaffiri, Marco Di Massimo
Con: Stefano Paolucci (1)
Try: Victor Arhip , Yulris Baranovs, Vitaly Orlov, Yaroslav Rechnev
Con: Igor Kurashov (2)
13 March 2011 Burnside Rugby Football Club Flag of New Zealand.svg 7 32 Flag of Russia.svg Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand  
16 March 2011 Lincoln University Flag of New Zealand.svg 15 56 Flag of Russia.svg Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand  
26 March 2011 Kazan Flag of Russia.svg 0 40 Flag of Russia.svg Imperia-Dynamo Penza Turkey  
20 March 2011 Oxford RFC Flag of New Zealand.svg 28 40 Flag of Russia.svg Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand  
23 March 2011 Canterbury Academy Flag of New Zealand.svg 58 5 Flag of Russia.svg Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand  
RC Novokuznetsk Flag of Russia.svg 10 5 Flag of Russia.svg Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia  
27 March 2011 Shirley Flag of New Zealand.svg 14 39 Flag of Russia.svg Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand  
14 April 2011Rainbow Flag of Russia.svg 5 78 Flag of Russia.svg Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  
17 April 2011 Slava Moscow Flag of Russia.svg 6 29 Flag of Russia.svg Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia  
22 April 2011 VVA-Podmoskovye Monino Flag of Russia.svg 45 40 Flag of France.svg FC Grenoble Russia  
Try: Mikhail Babaev, Kirill Kushnarev, Alexei Cotruta, Yevgeny Matveev, Vasily Artemiev, scrum.
Try: Marvin O'Connor, Benjamin Terchi, Wylie Human, Alexis Driollet, Rida Jaouher, Alten Hulme

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk 12110151375+43845
2 VVA-Podmoskovye Monino 131012451196+25544
3 Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk 12813409131+27837
4 RC Novokuznetsk 136162693316232
5 Slava Moscow 134182353279226
6 Imperia-Dynamo Penza 11506244229+1526
7 Fili Moscow 14201216761945220
8 Spartak Moscow 12201012144832718
Source: [ citation needed ]

Schedule and results

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