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| Full name | Slava Rugby Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974 |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Ground(s) | Slava Stadium (Capacity: 1,300) |
| Coach(es) | Levan Tsabadze |
| League(s) | Professional Rugby League |
| Official website | |
| rugby-slava | |
Slava Moscow is a Russian rugby union club from Moscow. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the premier rugby competition of Russia. They play in yellow and red.
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Head coach – Levan Tsabadze 
Forwards coach – Sergey Popov 
2021
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| Pos. | Nat. | Name | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Former club | |
| HK | | Nazir Gasanov | 20 June 1985 | 19 | Bulava Taganrog | |
| HK | | Sergey Chernyshev | 13 May 1988 | 12 | homegrown player | |
| PR | | Andrey Igretsov | 23 December 1985 | 25 | homegrown player | |
| PR | | Alexey Skobiola | 8 August 1991 | homegrown player | ||
| PR | | Nika Chumashvili | 30 September 1996 | Kharebi | ||
| PR | | Evgeny Mishechkin | 27 June 1997 | 19 | Yuzhnoe Tushino | |
| PR | | Tamerlan Khubaev | 25 April 1998 | MAI | ||
| PR | | Sergey Perekhoda | 22 April 1999 | homegrown player | ||
| LK | | Denis Antonov | 17 October 1986 | 28 | homegrown player | |
| LK | | Nikita Medkov | 17 November 1986 | 7 | homegrown player | |
| LK | | Ilya Osminko | 18 January 1988 | 3 | Bulava Taganrog | |
| LK |  | Wynand Grassmann | 9 January 1995 | SWD Eagles | ||
| FL | | Jono Janse van Rensburg | 27 February 1989 | Griquas | ||
| FL | | Nikolai Pochechuev | 22 June 1991 | Yuzhnoe Tushino | ||
| FL | | Grigol Tsirekidze | 29 June 1990 | |||
| FL | | Artem Rybulin | 30 August 1995 | homegrown player | ||
| FL | | Michael Amiras | 22 November 1999 | Blue Bulls | ||
| N8 | | Mikhail Sidorov | 19 November 1986 | 6 | Fili | |
| N8 | | Nikita Vavilin | 13 May 1994 | 19 | Fili | |
| SH | | Stepan Khokhlov | 9 May 1998 | homegrown player | ||
| SH | | Sandro Nakhutsrishvili | 7 June 1998 | VVA | ||
| FH | | Gerhard Nortier | 4 March 1989 | SWD Eagles | ||
| FH | | Nikita Nikushchenko | 8 May 1997 | homegrown player | ||
| FH |  | Rewita Biddle | 20 July 1998 | VVA | ||
| CE | | Evgeny Markov | 10 March 1986 | Bulava Taganrog | ||
| CE | | Ivan Ustinov | 13 February 1990 | homegrown player | ||
| CE | | Sergey Stepanov | 17 January 1991 | Yuzhnoe Tushino | ||
| CE | | Pavel Kirillov | 9 May 1993 | homegrown player | ||
| CE | | Igor Fyodorov | 13 June 1997 | MAI | ||
| CE | | Nikolay Baleskov | 18 July 1997 | Yuzhnoe Tushino | ||
| WG | | Omari Grinyaev | 17 July 1994 | homegrown player | ||
| WG | | Alexander Afanasyev | 23 March 1995 | Zelenograd | ||
| WG | | Boris Kontselidze | 22 January 2001 | homegrown player | ||
| FB | | Irakli Svanidze | 2 July 1996 | 2 | Krasny Yar | |
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