# Russia at the Rugby World Cup

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.
| Nation | Number of appearances | First appearance | Most recent appearance | Streak | Best result |
| Russia | 2 | 2011 | 2019 | 1 | Pool stages |
| Year(s) | Result |
| 1987 | No qualifying tournament held. |
| 1991 | Did not qualify. |
| 1995 to 2007 | Did not qualify. |
| 2011 | Eliminated in pool stages |
| 2015 | Did not qualify. |
| 2019 | Eliminated in pool stages |
| 2023 | Banned from qualification. |

## 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup |
| 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 | |
* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup |
| 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 | |

##### 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.