The Russian women's national rugby sevens team (russian: Женская сборная России по регби-7) is a women's rugby team in Europe. Since 2013, it is dominating the

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, winning the trophy seven times. Internationally, Russia's best performance was in

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, finishing in the quarterfinals. The team was runner-up at the 2015 Canada Women's Sevens, after defeating Australia in quarter-finals and France in semifinals. Russia failed to qualify for the inaugural rugby sevens event in

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; however, they qualified for the following Olympic Games in

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. After the

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and

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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.

Tournament history

''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Russia''

Summer Olympics record

World Cup Sevens record

World Sevens Series record

Summer Universiade record

European Women's Sevens results

Current squad

ROC's roster of 12 athletes is as follows. * Anna Baranchuk * Iana Danilova *

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* Marina Kukina * Daria Lushina * Daria Noritsina * Mariya Pogrebnyak * Kristina Seredina * Daria Shestakova * Nadezhda Sozonova * Alena Tiron ( c) * Elena Zdrokova

Team management

*Head Coach – Andrey Kuzin *Assistant Coach and Head of Performance - Graham Bentz

References

External links

Profile on the Official Website of the Russian Rugby Federation
{{National sports teams of Russia European national women's rugby union teams World Rugby Women's Sevens Series core teams Women's national rugby sevens teams sevens