Russia at the Rugby World Cup

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

Rugby World Cup record											Qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Squad	Head coach		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
1987	Declined invitation										–
1991	Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify										2nd	4	3	0	1	125	49
1999											4th	4	1	0	3	85	92
2003	Expelled from competing at tournament after qualification										P/O	6	5	0	1	176	114
2007	Did not qualify										3rd	14	6	1	7	382	323
2011	Pool stage	4	0	0	4	57	196	Squad	N. Nerush		2nd	10	7	1	2	291	175
2015	Did not qualify										P/O	12	7	0	5	269	300
2019	Pool stage	4	0	0	4	19	160	Squad	L. Jones		1st	8	4	0	4	19	160
2023	Disqualified										–
2027
2031	To be determined										To be determined
Total	—	8	0	0	8	76	356	—	—		—	58	33	2	23	1554	1197
Champions   Runners–up   Third place   Fourth place   Home venue

By position

Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against
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

Pos	Team v t e	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'	Report	Try: 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)

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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)	Report	Try: Yanyushkin 34' c Ostroushko 50' m Makovetskiy 71' m Con: Rachkov (1/3)

Trafalgar Park, Nelson Attendance: 12,418 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

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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'	Report	Try: Artemyev 50' c Simplikevich 59' m Con: Rachkov (1/2)

Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua Attendance: 25,661 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

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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)	Report	Try: 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

Pool A

Main article: 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	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

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'	Report	Try: 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  71' RW 14 Kotaro Matsushima OC 13 Timothy Lafaele IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura LW 11 Lomano Lemeki FH 10 Yu Tamura  67' SH 9 Yutaka Nagare  61' N8 8 Kazuki Himeno OF 7 Lappies Labuschagné BF 6 Michael Leitch (c)  71' RL 5 James Moore LL 4 Wimpie van der Walt  61' TP 3 Asaeli Ai Valu  55' HK 2 Shota Horie  75' LP 1 Keita Inagaki  55' Replacements: HK 16 Atsushi Sakate  75' PR 17 Isileli Nakajima  55' PR 18 Koo Ji-won  55' LK 19 Luke Thompson  60' FL 20 Hendrik Tui  71' SH 21 Fumiaki Tanaka  61' FH 22 Rikiya Matsuda  67' FB 23 Ryohei Yamanaka  71' Coach: Jamie Joseph

FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c) RW 14 German Davydov OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov  68' LW 11 Kirill Golosnitsky FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  65' SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  33'  42'  74' N8 8 Nikita Vavilin OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov  65' RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko  61' LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev  68' HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy  65' LP 1 Valery Morozov  65' Replacements: HK 16 Evgeny Matveev  65' PR 17 Andrei Polivalov  65' PR 18 Azamat Bitiev  68' LK 19 Andrey Garbuzov  62' FL 20 Anton Sychev  65' SH 21 Dmitry Perov  33'  42'  74' FH 22 Ramil Gaisin  65' WG 23 Vladislav Sozonov  68' Coach: 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

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'	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'

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  65' LW 11 Kirill Golosnitsky FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  55' SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  55' N8 8 Nikita Vavilin  65' OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov  65' TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev  47'  71' HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy  57' LP 1 Valery Morozov  59' Replacements: HK 16 Evgeny Matveev  57' PR 17 Andrey Polivalov  59' PR 18 Azamat Bitiev  71' LK 19 Andrey Garbuzov  65' FL 20 Anton Sychev  21' SH 21 Dmitry Perov  22' FH 22 Ramil Gaisin  55' WG 23 Vladislav Sozonov  65' Coach: Lyn Jones

FB 15 Tim Nanai-Williams  65' RW 14 Alapati Leiua OC 13 Rey Lee-Lo  29' IC 12 Henry Taefu LW 11 Ed Fidow FH 10 Tusi Pisi  65' SH 9 Dwayne Polataivao  40' N8 8 Afa Amosa  33'  40'  46' OF 7 TJ Ioane BF 6 Chris Vui (c) RL 5 Kane Le'aupepe LL 4 Filo Paulo  65' TP 3 Michael Alaalatoa  55' HK 2 Motu Matu'u  31'  40' LP 1 Logovi'i Mulipola  51' Replacements: HK 16 Ray Niuia  33' PR 17 Paul Alo-Emile  55' PR 18 Jordan Lay  51' LK 19 Senio Toleafoa  65' LK 20 Josh Tyrell  46' SH 21 Melani Matavao  40' FH 22 AJ Alatimu  65' FH 23 UJ Seuteni  65' Coach: 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

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  50' RW 14 Andrew Conway OC 13 Garry Ringrose IC 12 Bundee Aki LW 11 Keith Earls FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)  40' SH 9 Luke McGrath N8 8 Jordi Murphy  27' OF 7 Peter O'Mahony BF 6 Rhys Ruddock RL 5 Jean Kleyn  61' LL 4 Tadhg Beirne TP 3 John Ryan  58' HK 2 Niall Scannell  58' LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne  58' Replacements: HK 16 Seán Cronin  58' PR 17 Andrew Porter  58' PR 18 Tadhg Furlong  58' LK 19 Iain Henderson  61' N8 20 CJ Stander  27' SH 21 Conor Murray FH 22 Jack Carty  40' FB 23 Jordan Larmour  50' Coach: Joe Schmidt

FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c) RW 14 German Davydov OC 13 Igor Galinovskiy IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky  15' LW 11 Denis Simplikevich  71' FH 10 Ramil Gaisin SH 9 Dmitry Perov N8 8 Victor Gresev OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Anton Sychev  70' RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko  34'  64' LL 4 Andrey Garbuzov  50' TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev  68' HK 2 Evgeny Matveev  40' LP 1 Andrey Polivalov  40' Replacements: HK 16 Stanislav Sel'skiy  40' PR 17 Valery Morozov  40' PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov  68' LK 19 Andrei Ostrikov  51'  50' LK 20 Evgeny Elgin  64' FH 21 Sergey Yanyushkin  71' FL 22 Roman Khodin  70' CE 23 Vladimir Ostroushko  15' Coach: 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:

• Igor Galinovskiy (Russia) earned his 50th test cap.

Scotland vs Russia

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  47' FH 10 Adam Hastings SH 9 George Horne  65' N8 8 Ryan Wilson OF 7 Fraser Brown  31' BF 6 John Barclay (c) RL 5 Ben Toolis LL 4 Scott Cummings  61' TP 3 Zander Fagerson  40' HK 2 George Turner  65' LP 1 Gordon Reid  61' Replacements: HK 16 Stuart McInally  65' PR 17 Simon Berghan  40' PR 18 W. P. Nel  61' LK 19 Grant Gilchrist  61' FL 20 Magnus Bradbury  31' FL 21 Jamie Ritchie SH 22 Henry Pyrgos  47' CE 23 Chris Harris  65' Coach: Gregor Townsend

FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)  61' RW 14 German Davydov OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko  38'  40' IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov LW 11 Vladislav Sozonov FH 10 Ramil Gaisin  65' SH 9 Dmitry Perov N8 8 Nikita Vavilin  58' OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov RL 5 Evgeny Elgin  50' LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov  69' TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev  61' HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy  61' LP 1 Valery Morozov  61' Replacements: HK 16 Sergey Chernyshev  61' PR 17 Azamat Bitiev  61' PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov  61' LK 19 Bogdan Fedotko  50' LK 20 Andrey Garbuzov  69' FH 21 Sergey Yanyushkin  65' N8 22 Anton Sychev  58' FH 23 Yuri Kushnarev  38'  40'  61' Coach: 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

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

Most points in a tournament

• 57 In   New Zealand(2011)
• 19 in   Japan(2019)

Highest Score

• 22 vs   Australia 2011
• 17 vs   Italy 2011
• 12 vs   Ireland 2011
• 10 vs   Japan 2019
• 9 Vs   Samoa 2019

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

• 2 vs   United States 2011
• 2 vs   Samoa 2019
• 1 vs   Japan 2019

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

• 4 Yuri Kushnarev
• 1 Konstantin Rachkov

Top Drop Goals

• 1 Konstantin Rachkov
• 1 Yuri Kushnarev

Hosting

Russia has not hosted any World Cup games.

References

• Official RWC 2011 Site

1. "IRB World Rankings". IRB.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2010-04-29.