CIS (rugby)

CIS was a rugby union side that played matches during 1991 and 1992. The side consisted of members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The team played four matches, losing all four fixtures. Two matches were played in Moscow, with the other two games being played at away venues.

Due to various circumstances, the CIS did not qualify for the 1991 Rugby World Cup.

Results

Year	Month	Date	Opposition	Competition	Venue	F	A
1991	April	10	Romania	Friendly	Bucharest	6	34
		28	French XV	Friendly	Moscow	15	36
Year Month Date Opposition Competition Venue F A 1992 November 3 Italy Friendly Moscow 6 34     17 Spain Friendly Seville 16 19 See also USSR national rugby union team References Richards, Huw A Game for Hooligans: The History of Rugby Union (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-255-5) v t e International rugby union teams   International Rugby Board High Performance Teams Argentina Australia Canada England Fiji France Ireland Italy Japan New Zealand Romania Samoa Scotland South Africa Tonga United States Wales   Non-high performance teams that have appeared at the Rugby World Cup Georgia Ivory Coast Namibia Portugal Russia Spain Uruguay Zimbabwe   Non-high performance teams with no Rugby World Cup appearances American Samoa Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Chinese Taipei Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Greece Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia The following teams are affiliated to the IRB through their governing body, the French Rugby Federation Mayotte Réunion Guadeloupe Martinique New Caledonia Wallis and Futuna   Non-IRB affiliated teams Algeria Benin Brunei Burkina Faso Catalonia Central Africa Chad Congo Costa Rica Curaçao Cyprus Democratic Republic of the Congo Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Egypt Estonia Gabon Gibraltar Guatemala Jordan Lebanon Libya Macau Niger Panama San Marino Slovakia St. Kitts and Nevis Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Qatar   Combination teams African Leopards British and Irish Lions Pacific Islanders South American XV   Defunct teams Arabian Gulf Commonwealth of Independent States Czechoslovakia East Africa East Germany Nyasaland (Malawi) Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia v t e Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia Union State Membership Members Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Russia Tajikistan Uzbekistan Associate members Turkmenistan Ukraine Former member Georgia (1993–2009) History Russian Empire Soviet Union Union of Sovereign States Belavezha Accords (Near abroad) Alma-Ata Protocol Sports Unified Team at the Olympics Unified Team at the Paralympics CIS (rugby) CIS men's national ice hockey team CIS national football team CIS Cup (football) Military Collective Security Treaty Organization Collective Rapid Reaction Force Joint CIS Air Defense System Economics Economic Court CISFTA Eurasian Economic Community Eurasian Patent Convention Eurasian Patent Organization EU Technical Aid Organization Interstate Aviation Committee Category