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Soviet Union national rugby union team

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had intended to invite the USSR as one of the participants. However, before the invitation could be made, the USSR refused to take part on political grounds, allegedly due to the continued IRB membership of South Africa. The first tournament was by invitation rather than qualification, and despite
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and the USSR. There were no matches of Test status played by New Zealand against the tourists, but a side designated "New Zealand XV" met both the Romanians and Soviets, and both opponents awarded caps for the XV game. The tours gave the New Zealand selectors a chance to gauge the form of players
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In September, the USSR were guests of the RFU and played the Combined London Old Boys at Croxley Green (OMTs' ground) before meeting an England XV in a World Cup warm-up game on September 7, 1991 at Twickenham where they lost 53–0 to a full-strength
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Their last representative matches as a united Soviet side were during the 1991–92 season. A team labelled "CIS" fulfilled their remaining FIRA Championship fixtures against Italy, Spain, Romania and France A.
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V Voropaev; A Zakarliuk, I Kuperman, A Kovalenko, I Mironov; S Boldakov, A Bychkov; E Kabylkin, S Molchenov (captain), R Bikbov, S Sergeev, E Ganiakhin, V Negodin, A Ogryzkov, A Tikhonov
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finals. They played their last game against Spain in the FIRA tournament in November 1991, shortly before the country's own dissolution. The USSR's successor was briefly the
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suspended Russia from international and European continental rugby union competition. In addition, the Rugby Union of Russia was suspended from World Rugby and Rugby Europe.
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in January 1936. His noble birth precluded him from playing in his home country and his family had fled the country when he was only a year old.
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The USSR tour party comprised 26 players and was led from the front-row by Sergei Molchenov. They won four and lost four matches:
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as early as 1884; however, the first official match, played in Moscow, did not take place until 1923. Because of the
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In 1935 the Moscow Championship was initiated, followed by the first Soviet Championship which took place in 1936.
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During the 1970s and 1980s, the Soviet team began to improve their performances, often coming second to
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was founded in 1964, but did not compete as a national team during the Soviet Era.
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when Russia qualified, and the early World Cups were also smaller tournaments. The
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In 1949, rugby union was forbidden throughout the USSR during the "fight against
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Russia has competed as a separate entity at the international level since 1992.
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Tries: McCormick (2), Crossan (2), Maunsell (2), Tagaloa (2), Shelford, Carter
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The rugby teams of the USSR's successor states have had varying success.
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banner, but this itself terminated in 1992. It had played four matches.
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in the years leading up to the inaugural Cup, the USSR did not enter.
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only began being played following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see
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likely to be on the periphery of selection for the World Cup.
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International Rugby Board – Russia closing in on their rivals
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was the more popular of the two rugby codes, however, as
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The most successful "successor" rugby team has been
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Rugby union in Georgia
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Soviet Cup
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