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Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk is a Russian rugby union club founded in 1969 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. They compete in the Professional Rugby League, the premier league in the country. They have an operating budget of 2.5m Euros. Their main rival is fellow Krasnoyarsk based, Enisey-STM.

Krasny-Yar play in white and green, and moved into their own purpose-built stadium. The stadium holds 3,600 spectators and is the first rugby-specific stadium east of the Urals. The stadium sold out for a game against VVA-Monino (2 August 2010).

History

Krasny Yar was founded in 1969 in the city of Krasnoyarsk. Krasny Yar have been unsuccessful in the Professional Rugby League era. The club has not been champions since the Super League era, with their most recent championship being in 2001. The club's financial resources have also been overtaken by their local rivals, Enisey-STM.

Several New Zealand players signed on to play for Krasny Yar for the 2010 and 2011 Seasons, while the club has also recruited a New Zealand trainer working with the Canterbury Rugby Union.[1]

Krasny Yar in 2013

Honours

  • USSR/Russian Championship (12): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2015
  • Runner-up (12): 1988, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Russian Cup (10): 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018–19, 2019
  • Russian Supercup (1): 2016
  • Nikolaev Cup (2): 2019, 2020
  • European Rugby Continental Shield runner-up (1): 2016–17

Record in European Games

Opponent Country Competition Played Wins Draws Losses Points For Points Against Points Difference
Mogliano Italy European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 48 24 +24
El Salvador Spain European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 32 5 +27
Heidelberger RK Germany European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 50 21 +29
Rovigo Delta Italy European Rugby Continental Shield 1 1 0 0 42 11 +31
Timișoara Saracens Romania European Rugby Continental Shield 2 1 0 1 39 35 +4
Enisey-STM Russia European Rugby Continental Shield 3 0 0 3 56 110 -54
Stade Francais France European Rugby Challenge Cup 2 1 0 1 58 68 -10
Edinburgh Rugby Scotland European Rugby Challenge Cup 2 0 0 2 14 151 -137
London Irish England European Rugby Challenge Cup 2 0 0 2 34 71 -37

Stadium

Krasny Yar Stadium

Current squad

2022 Russian Rugby Championship

Krasny Yar
Pos. Nat. Name Date of birth (age) Caps Former club
HK Russia Andrey Kondakov (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 37) homegrown player
HK Georgia (country) Robert Sutidze (1989-06-21) 21 June 1989 (age 34) Russia Slava Moscow
HK Russia Dmitry Kuzero (1996-06-26) 26 June 1996 (age 27) homegrown player
HK Russia Artyom Borzenkov (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 21) homegrown player
PR Russia Grigory Tsnobiladze (1983-02-01) 1 February 1983 (age 41) 22 Russia Metallurg
PR Tonga Sione Fukofuka (1984-04-13) 13 April 1984 (age 40) 2 Tonga Tautahi Gold
PR Russia Evgeny Pronenko (1984-06-06) 6 June 1984 (age 39) 50 Russia Enisei-STM
PR Russia Aleksandr Ageev (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33) Russia Vladivostok Tigers
PR Russia Evgeny Pronin (1992-04-12) 12 April 1992 (age 32) Russia Vladivostok Tigers
PR Russia Kirill Alyuk (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 (age 30) Russia RC Kuban
PR Russia Alexander Kadirov (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999 (age 25) Russia Chita
LK Russia Bogdan Fedotko (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 29) 27 homegrown player
LK Russia Egor Talalenko (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26) Russia Vladivostok Tigers
LK Russia Ruslan Bazhenov (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 26) homegrown player
LK Russia Alexander Ilyin (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 26) 13 homegrown player
LK Kazakhstan Ivan Ivanov (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 24) Russia Lokomotiv Penza
FL Russia Evgeny Golshteyn (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 34) homegrown player
FL Russia Alexander Khudyakov (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 34) 11 homegrown player
FL Russia Roman Khodin (1993-06-09) 9 June 1993 (age 30) 6 Russia Strela
FL Russia Danil Losenkov (2002-01-31) 31 January 2002 (age 22) Russia Vladivostok Tigers
FL Russia Semyon Borzenkov (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 21) homegrown player
N8 Russia Victor Arhip (1990-02-24) 24 February 1990 (age 34) 2 Russia Enisei-STM
SH Russia Vasily Dorofeev (1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 33) 25 homegrown player
SH Russia Denis Barabantsev (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 30) 2 Russia Strela
SH South Africa Cornelius Korff (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 (age 25) South Africa Free State Cheetahs
FH South Africa Dylan Smith (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) South Africa Griffons
FH Tonga Jason Tuamalolo (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 22) Tonga
CE Russia Igor Galinovskiy (1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 38) 50 homegrown player
CE Russia Vladimir Rudenko (1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 (age 36) 26 homegrown player
CE Russia Evgeny Kolomiytsev (1990-05-16) 16 May 1990 (age 33) 4 homegrown player
CE Russia Kirill Gubin (1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 31) 1 Russia RC Kuban
CE Georgia (country) Giorgi Pruidze (1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29) 15 Georgia (country) AIA Kutaisi
WG Russia Evgeny Nepeyvoda (1989-09-15) 15 September 1989 (age 34) 3 Russia RC Kuban
WG Russia Vladimir Chaban (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29) homegrown player
WG Russia Mikhail Zinin (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29) Russia RC 80
WG Tonga Sunia Latu (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 28)
WG Russia Alexander Regner (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 25) homegrown player
WG Russia Konstantin Krivonosov (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 25) homegrown player
WG Russia Denis Tsurupa (1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 24) homegrown player
FB Russia Khushnud Sanginov (2000-08-15) 15 August 2000 (age 23) homegrown player

Notable players

References

  1. ^ "Siberian Bears in Rugby – Cooperation with New Zealand". Prior Group. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

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