Nickname | Kozaky (The Cossacks) | ||
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Emblem | Trident | ||
Union | National Rugby Federation of Ukraine | ||
Head coach | Valerii Kochanov | ||
Captain | TBC | ||
Home stadium | Various | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 36 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
Highest | 24 (2004) | ||
Lowest | 42 (2018) | ||
First international | |||
Georgia 19–15 Ukraine (Tbilisi, Georgia; 21 November 1991) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Ukraine 135–13 Slovakia (Piešťany, Slovakia; 9 November 2024) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Romania 97–0 Ukraine (Bucharest, Romania; 19 March 2005) | |||
Website | www.rugby.org.ua |
The Ukraine national rugby union team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з регбі) represents Ukraine in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed The Cossacks (Козаки, Kozaky), is one of the tier 3 teams in Europe that currently compete in the second division of the Rugby Europe International Championships in the Rugby Europe Trophy, a competition which is just below the Rugby Europe Championship where the top 6 countries in Europe (apart from the teams in the Six Nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup.