The Russian Championship (sometimes referred to as the Russian Super League or the Championship of Russia) is the major

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

tournament for clubs in Russia. Currently six teams from across Russia compete in this competition. The league is governed by the

Russian Rugby League Russian Rugby League Federation (russian: Федерация Регбилиг России) was the governing body for rugby league in Russia until 2010. It was founded in 1978 mainly as a governing body for Moscow-based teams, and became the head ...

. It was established in 1991 to form a national rugby league competition from the many amateur and semi-professional leagues in Moscow,

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

and other districts of Russia. An attempt was made to organize and register a national competition during the

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era, but permission was denied on the basis of the professional status of the game. The

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(with the exception of limited foreign players such as former captain

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) is largely made up of players drawn from the Russian Championship.

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Results of the 2006 Season

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2022 Teams

See also

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