Rimma Petlevannaya

Rimma Petlevannaya (born September 30, 1970) is a Russian and Scottish former rugby union player. She played Fly-half for the Soviet Union and then Scotland.

Rimma Petlevannaya
Date of birth (1970-09-30) 30 September 1970
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Murrayfield Wanderers (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991–?  Soviet Union (0)
1996–2006  Scotland 78 (0)

Career

Petlevannaya competed at the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup for the Soviet Union. She later moved to Scotland and became a Scottish international. She made her international debut for Scotland against the Netherlands in November 1996.

Petlevannaya competed at the 2001 FIRA Women's European Championship, with the champion side.[1] She also competed at the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup, for Scotland.[2] She was part of the team that traveled to Edmonton in Canada to achieve the best possible result at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.[3][4]

Petlevannaya has 78 caps as of 15 August 2006. She played club rugby for Murrayfield Wanderers. She also had the honor of wearing the colors of the British and Irish Lionesses.

References
  1. Birch, John (2001-05-16). "Women's rugby: a newspaper history: Scotland European champions". Women's rugby. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. "World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  3. "Irish women upset odds against Scots". Irish Examiner. 2006-08-13. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. "World Rugby". 2019-02-01. Archived from the original on 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
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