Russian women's rugby team

The Russian women's rugby team represents Russia at international rugby competitions . The first women's team was assembled to participate in the international sports festival. None of the girls who entered it before this rugby. The set was made mainly from the teams of field hockey and athletics . This team took third place in the tournament. Immediately after that, teams began to be created, the Russian championship began to be held.

Russia
Rugby 15
Nickname	Dipper
Federation	Rugby Federation of Russia
Main the form Reserve the form
The first game
Russia 0:66 England ( April 11, 1994 )
Biggest win
Russia 74: 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( May 21, 2005 )
Biggest defeat
USA 84: 0 Russia ( May 2, 1998 ) Scotland 84: 0 Russia ( Enkoping , Sweden ; May 17, 2009 )
Europe championship
Participation	4 ( first time in 2006 )
Achievements	03! (2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
European Championships Bronze Italy 2006 Bronze Belgium 2014 Bronze Switzerland 2015 Bronze Spain 2016 Bronze Spain / Netherlands / Germany 2019

Two Russian national teams are playing on the international arena - Rugby-15 and Rugby-7. Since 2006, in the rugby 15 , the Russian team has been in the strongest group A, after winning in group B in 2005 : at the 2006 European Championships, the Russian team won bronze medals. After the conversion of the European Rugby Championship from 2014 to 2016, the Russian team invariably became the bronze medalist of the European Championship.