Ukraine national rugby union team

Ukraine
Union National Rugby Federation of Ukraine
Coach(es) Zurab Kikacheisvili
Team kit
First international
 Georgia 19 - 15 Ukraine Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
(1991-11-21)
Largest win
 Austria 0 - 78 Ukraine 
(1994-11-24)
Largest defeat
 Romania 97 - 0 Ukraine 
(2005-03-19)
Official website
www.rugby.org.ua

The Ukraine national rugby union team represents Ukraine at the sport of rugby union. Ukraine have been playing international rugby union since the early 1990s. So far they have not qualified for a Rugby World Cup. They participate in the European Nations Cup.

History

Ukraine made their international debut against Georgia in 1991, losing a close game 15-19. The nations played again three days later, and Georgia won again, six to nil. The following year Ukraine met Georgia again for a two match series, again losing both. In their first match of 1993 they defeated Hungary 41-3 for their first win. This was followed by another three wins in succession, against Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. The streak ended in 1994 with a loss to Denmark.

In 1996 Ukraine defeated Latvia 19-3, which would be the start of a nine match winning streak, which would be the longest thus far. The wins carried on into late 1997, until they lost to the Netherlands 13-35. The late 1990s saw mixed results for Ukraine, who defeated teams like Poland and the Czech Republic, but lost games to the likes of Russia, Georgia and Romania.

Ukraine played in the 2005-06 European Nations Cup, which also served as a qualifier for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Ukraine lost all ten of their fixtures and were relegated to the Division 2A. The bottom three teams went onto Round 4 of the European World Cup qualifiers, so Ukraine played Russia twice to determine who goes through. Ukraine lost the games 11-25 and 37-17.

Record

Overall

Against Played Won Lost Drawn Win percentage
 Austria 2200100%
 Belgium 532060%
 Croatia 431075%
 Czech Republic 725028.57%
 Denmark 321066.67%
 Georgia 80800%
 Germany 623133.33%
 Hungary 1100100%
 Israel 1100100%
 Latvia 321066.67%
 Moldova 532060%
 Netherlands 431075%
 Poland 871087.5%
 Portugal 413025%
 Romania 60600%
 Russia 70700%
 Serbia 1100100%
 Slovenia 1100100%
 Spain 10100%
 Sweden 2200100%
  Switzerland 2200100%
Total813941148.15%

World Cup

Current Players

Ukraine squad for the 2011–12 European Nations Cup First Division.[1][2][3]

Backs
Player Position Club
Nikolai Delierguev Scrum-half Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Zurab Kikacheishvili Scrum-half Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Sergei Tserkovniy Fly-half Ukraine RC Olymp
Sergiy Garkavyi Centre Ukraine RC Olymp
Oleg Kosariev Centre Ukraine RC Olymp
Taras Marchenko Centre Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Denys Masiukov Centre Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Vitaliy Krasnodemskiy Wing Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Maxim Kravchenko Wing Ukraine RC Olymp
Artyom Kulik Wing Ukraine RC Antares
Miroslav Shulyak Wing Ukraine RC Obolon-University
Sergei Monastyrov Fullback Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Vyacheslav Ponomarenko Fullback Ukraine RC Olymp

Forwards
Player Position Club
Mykola Kirsanov (c) Hooker Ukraine RC Olymp
Dennis Milov Hooker Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Ievgen Chaika Prop Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Vitaly Kramarenko Prop Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Oleg Litvinenko Prop Ukraine RC Olymp
Oleksandr Polianski Prop Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Eduard Vertyletskiy Prop Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Vyacheslav Krasyknyk Lock Ukraine RC Olymp
Aleksandr Lomakin Lock Ukraine RC Olymp
Matthew Waksmunski Lock Ukraine RC Olymp
Andrei Dremov Flanker Ukraine RC Polytechnic
Dimitri Fedyshyn Flanker Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Yuri Pidganyak Flanker Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Ruslan Radchuk Flanker Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Jaba Malaguradze Number eight Ukraine RC Kredo-63
Oleg Shevchenko Number eight Moldova RC Dinamo-Center

Notable players

References

  1. "Ukraine (6) 6 - 41 (20) Spain (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 2012-02-25.
  2. "Russia (21) 38 - 19 (12) Ukraine (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 2012-03-10.
  3. "Ukraine (13) 35 - 33 (16) Portugal (FT)". ESPN Scrum. 2012-03-17.

External links

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