The Georgia national rugby union team, nicknamed The Lelos, represents Georgia in men's international rugby union. The team is administered by the Georgian Rugby Union and takes part in the annual Rugby Europe Championship and the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years.
The Romania national rugby union team represents the Romanian Rugby Federation in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed Stejarii, the team is long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations. They have participated in all but one Rugby World Cup and currently compete in the first division of the European Nations Cup, which they won in 2017. Rugby union in Romania is administered by the Romanian Rugby Federation.
Henry Rangi Paul is a rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union player. A dual-code international, Paul won 24 caps for New Zealand in rugby league and 6 for England in rugby union, as well as rugby sevens. Paul played as a loose forward, stand-off, fullback, and occasionally as a hooker, and as a centre and fly-half in rugby union.
Alessandro Moscardi is a former Italian rugby union player. He played as a hooker.
The VVA-Podmoskovye is a Russian rugby union team playing in the Professional Rugby League. The team plays at Gagarin Air Force Academy stadium in Monino, a garrison town just outside Moscow. VVA-Podmoskovye has strong links to the air force and also supplied the bulk of Russia's national team, with which they shared a head coach, Nikolai Nerush. The team had ambitious plans for the future - it lobbied hard for inclusion in the European Challenge Cup and was close to completing a 12,500-seat purpose-built rugby stadium.
Valenese Malifa is an American rugby union former fly-half. He has now turned his career to professional coaching in the US for Major League Rugby. He assisted Atlanta’s team, Rugby ATL, from 2018-2020 and has since moved to Dallas to coach the Dallas Jackals in their inaugural year. As a professional player, he was a member of the United States national rugby union team from 2007 until 2012, and competed in three Rugby World Cups including participating with the squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
Seiji Hirao was a Japanese rugby union footballer and coach. He played as a fly-half, and was one of the most popular Japanese players of his time, earning the name of "Mr. Rugby".
Massimo Giovanelli is a former Italian rugby union player. He played as a flanker. He was one of the best Italian rugby players of his generation.
Luca Martin is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre and as a fullback.
Orazio "Bimbo" Arancio is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach and sports director. He played as a flanker.
Franco Properzi Curti is a former Indian-born Italian rugby union player and a current assistant coach. He played as a prop.
Andrei Alexandrovich Ostrikov is a Russian rugby union player. He played for the Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership and is also a regular player for the Russian National Rugby Team. He plays as a lock or a blindside flanker.
The Russian women's national rugby sevens team is a women's rugby team in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the European Championships, winning the trophy seven times. Internationally, Russia's best performance was in 2013, finishing in the quarterfinals. The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals.
Piermassimiliano Dotto, also known as Piero Dotto, was an Italian rugby union player. Dotto played as a fullback and later as a fly-half.
Massimo Ravazzolo is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a wing and as a fullback.
Julian Michael Gardner is an Australian-Italian former international rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker.
Andrea Sgorlon is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as flanker.
Fabio Gaetaniello is a former Italian rugby union player and coach. He played as a centre.
Giancarlo Pivetta is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a prop and as a hooker.
Patrick Estève is a former French rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a wing. He was nicknamed TGV.
