This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Kazakhstan women's national rugby union team.
Kazakhstan
Nickname(s)
The Nomads
Union
Kazakhstan Rugby Union
Head coach
Timur Mashurov
Captain
Serik Zhanseitov
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current
63 (as of 16 January 2023)
First international
Georgia 17–5 Kazakhstan (4 March 1994)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan 115–5 Kyrgyzstan (3 July 2022)
Biggest defeat
Japan 101–7 Kazakhstan (15 May 2010)
The Kazakhstan national rugby union team, nicknamed "The Nomads", is controlled by the Kazakhstan Rugby Union. Kazakhstan have been participating in international competition since 1994 after their independence from the USSR.
In 2007, the fortunes of the team greatly improved by winning all five of their matches and rising 14 places in the IRB World Rankings to 32nd. This rise was the biggest by any international team over the year. This led to the team being entered into the top division of the new Asian Five Nations in 2008.[1]
Kazakhstan are now one of the leading rugby union nations in Asia, finishing second in the 2009 and 2010 Asian Five Nations to continent heavyweights Japan on both occasions. Their second-place finish in 2010 saw them advance to the four-team playoff for a final place at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. They lost 44–7 to Uruguay in Montevideo, being eliminated but it was still their best result yet.
They have yet to qualify for a Rugby World Cup finals.
^International Rugby Board – 2007 rankings highs and lows Archived 8 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine. 28 December 2007
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