2011 Russian Professional Rugby League season

Russia 2010 2012 The 2011 Russian Professional Rugby League season will be the seventh edition of the competition since its transition from the Super League. Reigning champions VVA Monino will compete for a ninth championship, which would make them the most successful Russian rugby union club of the professional era, surpassing Krasny Yar. There have again been a number of changes and events taking place behind the scenes at the Russian Rugby Union. At the start of the season, rumours spread that the league would again expand, possibly to as many as fifteen (15) teams. Of the potential new entrants, the most likely entrant was a team based in the city of Kazan, a former "stronghold" of rugby league in Russia. However, due to the commitments of the national team at the World Cup, it was decided that there would be no new teams added to the competition. To compensate, a lower division was created, called the First Division, wherein seven teams will compete for the chance to be promoted to the "Super League". Competition format Details of this season's competition format have not yet been decided. Teams VVA-Podmoskovye Monino, from Monino, Moscow Oblast. Yenisy-STM Krasnoyarsk, from Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Oblast. Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk, from Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Oblast. Slava Moscow, from Moscow, Moscow Oblast. Imperia-Dynamo Penza, from Penza. RC Novokuznetsk, from Novokuznesk Fili Moscow, from Moscow, Moscow Oblast. Spartak Moscow, from Moscow, Moscow Oblast. Warm-up fixtures and results 21 February 2011 Farul Constanţa ROM 7 – 31 [] RUS Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Turkey 27 February 2011 Lazio Roma Rugby ITA 14 – 37 RUS Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Italy 1 March 2011 Ludom Avezzano Rugby ITA 12 – 74 RUS Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Italy 5 March 2011 L'Aquila ITA 12 – 24 https://archive.today/20120318152358/http://www.ilcapoluogo.com/News/Sport/I-russi-dell-Enisei-STM-si-aggiudicano-l-amichevole-con-L-Aquila-Rugby RUS Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk Maurizio Zaffiri, Marco Di Massimo Stefano Paolucci (1) Victor Arhip, Yulris Baranovs, Vitaly Orlov, Yaroslav Rechnev Igor Kurashov (2) Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila 13 March 2011 Burnside Rugby Football Club NZL 7 – 32 RUS Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand 16 March 2011 Lincoln University NZL 15 – 56 RUS Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand 26 March 2011 Kazan RUS 0 – 40 RUS Imperia-Dynamo Penza Turkey 20 March 2011 Oxford RFC NZL 28 – 40 RUS Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand 23 March 2011 Canterbury Academy NZL 58 – 5 RUS Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand RC Novokuznetsk RUS 10 – 5 RUS Imperia-Dynamo Penza Russia 27 March 2011 Shirley NZL 14 – 39 RUS Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Canterbury, New Zealand 14 April 2011 Rainbow RUS 5 – 78 RUS Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia 17 April 2011 Slava Moscow RUS 6 – 29 RUS Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk Russia 22 April 2011 VVA-Podmoskovye Monino RUS 45 – 40 FRA FC Grenoble Mikhail Babaev, Kirill Kushnarev, Alexei Cotruta, Yevgeny Matveev, Vasily Artemiev, scrum. Marvin O'Connor, Benjamin Terchi, Wylie Human, Alexis Driollet, Rida Jaouher, Alten Hulme Russia Table main WDL points 4 2 1 YSK Yenisey-STM Krasnoyarsk VPM VVA-Podmoskovye Monino KYK Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk RCN RC Novokuznetsk SLM Slava Moscow IDP Imperia-Dynamo Penza FIL Fili Moscow SGM Spartak Moscow 11 0 1 513 75 10 1 2 451 196 8 1 3 409 131 6 1 6 269 331 4 1 8 235 327 5 0 6 244 229 2 0 12 167 619 2 0 10 121 448 #ccffcc A A A A complete Schedule and results June 2011 References External links Official website ru Information rugby portal ru Russian rugby statistics ru Heavensgame https://web.archive.org/web/20110302031546/http://www.heavensgame.com/russian-pro-league/russian-league-expands-for-2010 2011-03-02 ru ru 2011 Category:2011 in Russian rugby union Category:2011 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:2010–11 in European rugby union leagues Category:2011–12 in European rugby union leagues ru:Чемпионат России по регби 2010