Ukraine national rugby union team
| Nickname | Kozaky (The Cossacks) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emblem | Trident | ||
| Union | National Rugby Federation of Ukraine | ||
| Head coach | Valerii Kochanov | ||
| Captain | TBC | ||
| Home stadium | Various | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 36 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
| Highest | 24 (2004) | ||
| Lowest | 42 (2018) | ||
| First international | |||
| Georgia 19–15 Ukraine (Tbilisi, Georgia; 21 November 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Ukraine 135–13 Slovakia (Piešťany, Slovakia; 9 November 2024) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Romania 97–0 Ukraine (Bucharest, Romania; 19 March 2005) | |||
| Website | www.rugby.org.ua | ||
The Ukraine national rugby union team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з регбі) represents Ukraine in men's international rugby union competitions. Nicknamed The Cossacks (Козаки, Kozaky), it is one of the tier 3 teams in Europe that currently compete in the second division of the Rugby Europe International Championships in the Rugby Europe Trophy, a competition which is just below the Rugby Europe Championship where the top 6 countries in Europe (apart from the teams in the Six Nations) compete. They are yet to participate in any Rugby World Cup.