What the Surviving Record Shows About Russian Rugby League
Covers the 2010 Championship and Victory Cup, plus 15 internationals from 2013–2021; the missing grand-final result and archive limits are explicit.
The surviving evidence supports a detailed but incomplete reconstruction of Russian rugby league results. Vereya headed both documented stages of the 2010 Russian Championship and the Victory Cup table, but the missing grand-final result means the overall 2010 champion cannot be identified from this archive. An official European Rugby League listing separately supplies 15 Russia internationals from 2013 to 2021, producing a page-one sample record of seven wins and eight losses.
The domestic club competitions and national-team internationals are distinct datasets. They are presented together for historical reference but must never be combined into a single win-loss record. The domestic material is also a bounded extension beyond this record book’s primary international focus, not evidence of a complete Russian club archive.
Results archive at a glance
The available material covers one domestic season in detail, one cup competition, a limited run of official international results and selected earlier national-team milestones.
| Dataset | Coverage | Source status | Completeness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Championship, stage 1 | 24 April–5 June 2010 | Archived third-party record1 | Results and table; two opponents missing |
| Russian Championship, stage 2 | 10 July–28 August 2010 | Archived third-party record1 | Six results and table |
| Russian Championship final | Scheduled for 2 October 2010 | Archived fixture1 | Result not supplied |
| Victory Cup of Russia | 2010 | Archived third-party record1 | Three scores; table does not fully reconcile |
| Russia internationals | 29 June 2013–6 October 2021 | Official governing-body listing2 | 15 matches from page 1 of four; no standings |
| Earlier internationals | Selected milestones through 2008 | Tertiary encyclopedia mirror3 | Partial and subject to attribution |
The archived domestic page records Vereya as the leader of championship stages 1 and 2 and the Victory Cup. It spells the club “Veraya” in the championship tables, however, and lists the Vereya–Treshers final without a score. It is an archived third-party page rather than an identified Russian federation record.
Domestic entries concern clubs such as Vereya, Centaur and Spartak. International entries concern the Russia representative side playing countries such as Italy, Serbia and Ukraine. Even when records fall in the same year, they should be indexed and calculated independently.
2010 Russian Championship stage 1: results and table
The first stage comprises five dated rounds between 24 April and 5 June. The scores below reproduce the archived record rather than correcting or completing it. Spartak’s opponents in two entries are absent and cannot safely be inferred.1
| Round and date | Recorded result | Entry status |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1, 24 April | Centaur 60–0 Treshers | Archived |
| Round 1, 24 April | Spartak 48–30 Dynamo | Archived |
| Round 1, 24 April | Vereya 78–4 Nara | Archived |
| Round 2, 29 April | Centaur 30–0 Nara | Archived |
| Round 2, 29 April | Vereya 72–9 Spartak | Archived |
| Round 2, 29 April | Treshers 112–4 Dynamo | Archived |
| Round 3, 15 May | Treshers 6–66 Vereya | Archived |
| Round 3, 15 May | Centaur 54–6 Dynamo | Archived |
| Round 3, 15 May | Spartak 66–16; opponent not supplied | Incomplete |
| Round 4, 22 May | Vereya 58–0 Centaur | Archived |
| Round 4, 22 May | Nara 50–4 Dynamo | Archived |
| Round 4, 22 May | Spartak 32–24; opponent not supplied | Incomplete |
| Round 5, 5 June | Dynamo 0–30 Vereya | Archived |
| Round 5, 5 June | Centaur 32–26 Spartak | Archived |
| Round 5, 5 June | Treshers 30–0 Nara | Archived |
The consolidated standings retain the archived figures. “Vereya” is used as the normalized display name, while “Veraya” is preserved as the spelling found in the original table.1
| Team | Played and record | Scoring | Byes and table points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vereya (listed as Veraya) | P5, W5, D0, L0 | 305–19, +286 | B0, 15 pts |
| Centaur | P5, W3, D0, L2 | 176–90, +86 | B0, 13 pts |
| Spartak | P5, W2, D0, L3 | 181–174, +7 | B0, 11 pts |
| Treshers | P5, W2, D0, L3 | 172–162, +10 | B0, 9 pts |
| Nara | P5, W1, D0, L4 | 70–208, −138 | B0, 5 pts |
| Dynamo | P5, W0, D0, L5 | 44–296, −252 | B0, 4 pts |
The documented order is Vereya, Centaur, Spartak, Treshers, Nara and Dynamo. Vereya’s five wins from five establish first place in this stage, not the destination of the championship after the later final.
There is a further source-level discrepancy in Vereya’s scoring total. Its five displayed results produce 304 points for—78 + 72 + 66 + 58 + 30—while the archived standings give 305. The defensible approach is to retain the table’s 305 while recording the separately calculated 304 rather than silently changing either figure.1
The table-point rules are not supplied. Spartak and Treshers both have two wins and three losses, but Spartak has 11 table points and Treshers nine. Treshers also has the better points difference, so points difference alone cannot explain their order. Bonus points or another competition rule may have applied, but the archive does not provide enough information to reconstruct the system.
The three 30–0 entries should likewise be treated only as recorded scores. That score can sometimes represent an administrative award, forfeit or walkover, but this source does not establish whether any of these fixtures were played or assigned.
2010 Russian Championship stage 2 and the missing final
Stage 2 reduced the documented field to Vereya, Treshers, Spartak and Centaur. The archive records six matches across three rounds.1
| Round and date | Recorded result | Entry status |
|---|---|---|
| Round 6, 10 July | Vereya 64–0 Treshers | Archived |
| Round 6, 10 July | Centaur 0–30 Spartak | Archived |
| Round 7, 17 July | Vereya 46–13 Spartak | Archived |
| Round 7, 17 July | Treshers 30–0 Centaur | Archived |
| Round 8, 28 August | Spartak 6–16 Treshers | Archived |
| Round 8, 28 August | Vereya 30–0 Centaur | Archived |
As in stage 1, the 30–0 scores are retained without assigning a cause.
| Team | Played and record | Scoring | Table points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vereya (listed as Veraya) | P3, W3, D0, L0 | 130–13, +117 | 9 |
| Treshers | P3, W2, D0, L1 | 46–70, −24 | 6 |
| Spartak | P3, W1, D0, L2 | 49–62, −13 | 3 |
| Centaur | P3, W0, D0, L3 | 0–90, −90 | 0 |
Vereya was unbeaten and finished first in the documented second stage. Treshers placed second with two wins from three, ahead of Spartak and Centaur.1
Grand final status: Vereya versus Treshers — scheduled for 2 October 2010; result not supplied.1
That status line is the limit of the surviving record. Vereya’s first-place finishes in both stages do not prove that it won the championship. A final score, an official season summary or another reliable contemporary record identifying the champion is required.
2010 Victory Cup of Russia: scores and standings
The archived record displays three Victory Cup scores.1
| Recorded result | Entry status |
|---|---|
| Nara 4–36 Vereya | Archived |
| Centaur 14–6 Nara | Archived |
| Vereya 62–0 Centaur | Archived |
Its corresponding table ranks Vereya first, Centaur second and Nara third.
| Team | Played and record | Scoring | Byes and table points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vereya | P3, W2, D0, L0 | 98–4, +94 | B1, 4 pts |
| Centaur | P3, W1, D0, L0 | 14–68, −54 | B1, 2 pts |
| Nara | P3, W0, D0, L2 | 10–40, −40 | B1, 0 pts |
The displayed scores give every team two matches: Vereya against Nara and Centaur, Centaur against Nara and Vereya, and Nara against Vereya and Centaur. The table nevertheless records three played and one bye for each side. Centaur’s listed loss total of zero also does not reflect the displayed 62–0 defeat by Vereya.1
Those discrepancies should not be repaired by assumption. The displayed match list may be incomplete, the headings may have been used unusually, or one or more figures may be wrong. Without competition regulations or another contemporary account, the supported conclusion is limited to the order and figures shown: Vereya first, Centaur second and Nara third in an internally unresolved table.
Russia international results, 2013–2021
The official European Rugby League results listing displays the following 15 Russia internationals on page 1 of a four-page section. The matches are arranged chronologically, with home and away status taken from the ordering of the teams in that listing.2
| Date | Russia venue | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2013 | Away | Loss: Italy 38–18 Russia | European B Championship, 2012–13 |
| 10 August 2013 | Home | Win: Russia 30–0 Germany | European B Championship, 2012–13 |
| 24 May 2014 | Home | Win: Russia 24–18 Ukraine | European B Championship, 2014–15 |
| 21 June 2014 | Home | Win: Russia 20–6 Serbia | European B Championship, 2014–15 |
| 26 July 2014 | Away | Loss: Italy 22–18 Russia | European B Championship, 2014–15 |
| 16 May 2015 | Away | Loss: Serbia 20–15 Russia | European B Championship, 2014–15 |
| 4 July 2015 | Away | Win: Ukraine 20–34 Russia | European B Championship, 2014–15 |
| 12 September 2015 | Home | Win: Russia 26–6 Italy | European B Championship, 2014–15 |
| 15 October 2016 | Home | Win: Russia 40–6 Spain | RLWC2017 Group B Qualifier |
| 29 October 2016 | Away | Loss: Ireland 70–16 Russia | RLWC2017 Group B Qualifier |
| 4 November 2016 | Away | Loss: Italy 76–0 Russia | RLWC2017 European Playoff |
| 6 October 2018 | Away | Loss: Spain 32–24 Russia | European Championship B |
| 13 October 2018 | Home | Win: Russia 36–18 Serbia | European Championship B |
| 3 October 2021 | Away | Loss: Serbia 66–10 Russia | European Championship B |
| 6 October 2021 | Home | Loss: Russia 18–96 Ukraine | European Championship B |
Calculated directly from these rows, Russia’s record in the displayed sample is seven wins and eight losses.2 That is not an all-time national-team record: it excludes the matches on the other three results pages and should be cited only as a summary of this 15-match sample.
The listing supplies individual results but not final tables for the represented European Championship B seasons or World Cup qualifying groups. It therefore supports match-level reporting, not claims about Russia’s final position in each competition.
Earlier international milestones: the 2000 World Cup and record scores
A Wikipedia-derived tertiary encyclopedia mirror supplies selected earlier milestones rather than an independently verified official results set. With that attribution, it identifies the 2000 tournament as Russia’s sole Rugby League World Cup appearance and reports three group-stage defeats.3
| Opponent | Russia-perspective score | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 12–38 | Loss |
| England | 4–76 | Loss |
| Australia | 4–110 | Loss |
The same tertiary account identifies the 110–4 defeat by Australia on 4 November 2000 as Russia’s largest defeat. It identifies an 80–0 victory over Lebanon in Moscow on 28 September 2008 as Russia’s largest win.3 These are attributed historical claims, not substitutes for a complete official match archive.
The account also includes a head-to-head table, but the supplied version is truncated before every opponent appears. Its visible rows cannot support complete totals for matches, wins, draws, losses or scoring.
Nor does it settle Russia’s first international. Its summary and narrative conflict over the date in 1991, while the early representative side is described variously as Russia, the Russia Bears or the USSR. Until a contemporary fixture record establishes both the date and representative identity, no single version should be treated as definitive.
How to read the record: names, gaps, and verification status
A provenance-first archive needs labels that distinguish what a source establishes from what has been calculated or remains uncertain.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Confirmed | Reproduced from the supplied official competition listing |
| Archived | Present in the third-party 2010 snapshot |
| Calculated | Derived directly from displayed results, such as the 7–8 sample record |
| Scheduled | Fixture listed without a completed result |
| Incomplete | Part of an entry is missing |
| Disputed | Supplied accounts or figures conflict |
For the domestic record, the unresolved questions are the result of the 2010 Vereya–Treshers final, Spartak’s missing opponents in the 66–16 and 32–24 entries, the meaning of the 30–0 scores, the table-point rules, Vereya’s 304-versus-305 stage 1 scoring discrepancy, and the Victory Cup mismatch between the displayed games and table.
Internationally, three further European Rugby League results pages fall outside this dataset. The official listing used here does not provide final competition standings, while the tertiary head-to-head table is too truncated to generate all-time totals.
Club names require similar discipline. This article uses Vereya for readability but preserves Veraya when discussing the archived championship standings. Vereyskaya Bears may be a related name or translation variant, but the available evidence does not establish that Vereya, Veraya and Vereyskaya Bears denote the same organization in every period.
The present evidence cannot support a complete season-by-season list of Russian domestic champions or a complete all-time record for the Russia national team. Future work should prioritize federation archives, the remaining official results pages, contemporary Russian-language reports, competition regulations and an attributable result for the 2010 grand final.
That approach follows the record-book principle of stating when a result or record depends on its era, format or surviving evidentiary basis. The usable finding is clear: Vereya headed every surviving 2010 table reproduced here, but the championship remains unresolved because the final result is missing. These results should be cited as a documented partial archive, with their confirmed, archived, calculated, scheduled, incomplete and disputed statuses preserved until attributable records fill the gaps.