RC Novokuznetsk

Metallurg is a Russian rugby club from Kemerovo Oblast. They participate in the Professional Rugby League, the top division of Russian rugby.

Matallurg

Full name	Metallurg Rugby Club
Founded	1967 (1967)
Location	Novokuznetsk, Russia
Ground(s)	Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 2000)
Coach(es)	Vladimir Negodin
League(s)	Professional Rugby League
Official website
metallurg-rugby.ru

History

Championships

2018 Squad

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Vitaly Tyura Prop Russia Aleksander Rukavishnikov Prop Russia Maksim Trifanov Prop Russia Pavel Kuznetsov Prop Russia Alexey Burdin Hooker Russia German Silenko Lock Russia Egor Talalenko Lock Russia Nikita Maksimov Lock Russia Rafael Loskutov Lock Russia Semyon Mozheika Flanker Russia Ilya Podsadnik Flanker Russia Anton Sychev Flanker Russia Nikita Shalunov Flanker Russia Sergey Belenkov Flanker Russia Evgeny Malyshkin Flanker Russia Vladislav Perestyak Number 8 Russia

Player Position Union Oleg Gusel'nikov Scrum-half Russia Pavel Kirillov Scrum-half Russia Denis Fedorov Scrum-half Russia Nikita Pronin Fly-half Russia Gleb Farkov Fly-half Russia Anton Sabanov Centre Russia Alexey Tseitsin Centre Russia Dmitry Pasternak Centre Russia Lev Derksen Wing Russia Artem Shalunov Wing Russia Nikita Filippov Fullback Russia

International honours

• Mikhail Bzhitskih
• Vladimir Chernykh
• Yevgeniy Shekurov
• Roman Sorokodzyuba
• Ilya Poplavskiy
• Sergey Nozkhin
• Oleg Gusel'nikov
• Sergey Harlov
• Ildar Abdrazakov
• Alexander Zakharov
• Grigory Tsnobiladze
• Valery Tsnobiladze
• Evgeny Titov
• Beka Kurashvili (in Rugby league)