Ukraine national rugby union team

Ukraine made their international debut in 1991 against Georgia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, losing the close game 15-19. The two nations played again three days later, where Georgia won again with the score of 6-0. The following year Ukraine met Georgia once more for a two match series, losing both matches. In their first match of 1993, they defeated Hungary 41-3 for their first ever win since their independence. This was followed by another three wins in succession, against Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. This streak would however end in 1994 with a loss to Denmark.

In 1996 Ukraine defeated Latvia 19-3; the match would be the start of a nine match winning streak) which would be the longest thus far. The wins carried on until 1998, where they lost to the Netherlands 13-35. The late 1990s, Ukraine saw mixed results and defeated teams like Poland and the Czech Republic, but they lost games to the likes of their neighbours Russia, Georgia and Romania.

Ukraine played in the first division of 2005-06 European Nations Cup, the tournament where the best teams in Europe outside of the Six Nations and the tournament that also served as a qualifier for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Ukraine lost all ten of their fixtures and were relegated to Division 2A while within the qualifiers, the bottom three teams went on to Round 4 of the European World Cup qualifiers, so Ukraine would find their selves playing against Russia twice to determine who goes through to the next round of the qualifiers. Ukraine lost both games by the scores 11-25 and 37-17.

The following players were selected for the 2021–22 Rugby Europe Trophy match against Lithuania.[1]

• Head Coach: Valerii Kochanov

Caps updated:

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Serhii Sukhikh	Prop	(1978-10-28) 28 October 1978		RC Olymp
Mykola Kirsanov	Hooker	(1980-04-24) 24 April 1980		RC Olymp
Oleksii Novikov	Prop	(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995		RC Olymp
Matvii Bocharov	Lock	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000		RC Olymp
Oleksandr Lomakin	Lock	(1980-05-02) 2 May 1980		RC Olymp
Serhii Nikitin	Back row	(1990-03-18) 18 March 1990		RC Polytechnic
Vitaly Orlov	Back row	(1987-10-05) 5 October 1987		RC Olymp
Serhii Cherniachenko	Back row	(1990-01-17) 17 January 1990		RC Olymp
Vadym Sivak	Scrum-half	(1992-08-26) 26 August 1992		RC Podillya
Volodymyr Voitov	Fly-half	(1988-08-10) 10 August 1988		RC Olymp
Dmytro Prodeus	Wing	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998		RC Polytechnic
Viacheslav Ponomarenko	Centre	(1982-09-27) 27 September 1982		RC Olymp
Oleh Kosariev	Centre	(1988-10-06) 6 October 1988		RC Olymp
Denys Primushenetskiy	Wing	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998		RC Polytechnic
Myroslav Shuliak	Fullback	(1993-10-10) 10 October 1993		RC Podillya
Serhii Liutyi	??	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998		RC Epokha-Polytechnic
Valentyn Porokhonchuk	Hooker	(1992-01-29) 29 January 1992		RC Kredo-63
Oleg Valius	??	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000		RC Podillya
Daniil Korovin	??	(1990-08-06) 6 August 1990		RC Epokha-Polytechnic
Andrii Tsarevskyi	??	(1987-01-17) 17 January 1987		RC Olymp
Oleksandr Marshuba	Scrum-half	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993		RC Olymp
Narek Manukyan	Wing	(1992-06-04) 4 June 1992		RC Rebels
Denys Zakhlivnyi	??	(1992-05-29) 29 May 1992		RC Epokha-Polytechnic

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Player	Pos	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club	Latest call-up
Vitalii Kramarenko	Prop			Budowlani Łódź	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Ruslan Radchuk	Lock	29 November 1986 (age 34)		RC Kredo-63	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Daniil Hapon	Scrum-half	18 November 2001 (age 19)		SC Sokil	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Oleh Zarovnyi	Fullback	19 September 2002 (age 19)		Odesa National Team	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Dmytro Mokretsov		24 March 1988 (33)		Ogniwo Sopot	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Oleksandr Khomenko		28 November 1990 (age 30)		RC Podillya	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Eduard Vertyletskyi				Pogoń Siedlce	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Roman Kulakivskyi	Lock	5 November 1986 (age 34)		RC Kredo-63	v. Poland, 9 October 2021
Yaroslav Davydov		1 January 2001 (age 20)		RC Olymp	v. Poland, 9 October 2021

• Andriy Kovalenco
• Vitaly Orlov
• Ivan Soroka and Alex Soroka - Ukrainian qualified Irish underage internationals

• Rugby union in Ukraine
• National Rugby Federation of Ukraine
• Ukraine national rugby sevens team
• Ukraine women's national rugby sevens team
• Sport in Ukraine

• rugby.org.ua - Official Site (in Ukrainian)