Dramatical result for Slovakia against Ukraine. Possibly the biggest defeat in European amateur rugby.
The final score shows pretty well the situation in Slovakia, currently no championship XV or 7s, no championship for children or women. As well, we a presidency of rugby XV based abroad, there is no local leadership and public funds go away to some doubtful actions.
The situation in Slovakia rugby is not improving, and there is no bright future.
“Today’s enchanting match will be remembered by every fan!🇺🇦💪
Our men’s rugby-15 team started the Euroseason with a powerful victory in Pieštany (Slovakia), having achieved an unsurpassed result – 135:13!
Strength, cohesion and indomitable team spirit led the blue and yellow team to victory! Thank you to the whole team for the bright emotions👏
Even more fierce and intriguing matches await us in April 2025 – we will play against Hungary on April 12, and Austria on April 26.
We thank our Armed Forces for the opportunity to represent Ukraine on the European arena and wear the blue and yellow colors in every match!🇺🇦”
Ukraine rugby XV
| UKRAINE | SLOVAKIA |
|---|---|
| 1 Vitalii KRAMARENKO | 1 Michal MIHALIK |
| 2 Yevhen CHEHETA | 2 Martin MAJOVSKY |
| 3 Oleksandr PERELI | 3 Patrik GRUNNER |
| 4 Dmytro MOKRETSOV | 4 Lukas SMID |
| 5 Oleksandr SHEVCHENKO | 5 Jakub KLCO |
| 7 Maksym DULIA | 6 Lukas SEFAR |
| 6 Bohdan KACHUROVSKYI | 7 Marek BAZGER |
| 8 Serhii CHERNIACHENKO | 8 Roman VESELKA |
| 9 Denys PRIMUSHENETSKIY | 9 Daniel PUHA |
| 10 Oleh KOSARIEV | 10 Daniel KEREŠKÉNI |
| 14 Yevhenii OVERCHUK | 11 Adam SCHERER |
| 12 Danylo DIACHENKO | 12 Jan SZEKELY |
| 13 Oleksandr SKORBACH | 13 Radovan BENCÍK |
| 11 Yevhen DAVYDOV | 14 Radek FIALKA |
| 15 Volodymyr VOITOV | 15 Michal HAVRANEK |
| 16 Dmytro SEMERENKO | 16 Patrik LOCH |
| 17 Oleg VASIUCHENKO | 17 Matej BENČIČ |
| 18 Oleksandr KHARKEVYCH | 18 Marek CHALÁS |
| 19 Andriy ORIN | 19 Andrej NATER |
| 20 Yurii KOLOSOVSKYI | 20 Michal HOMOLA |
| 22 Aziz STEPANENKO | 21 Juraj DROBA |
| 21 Yaroslav DAVYDOV | 22 Šimon ŠENKÁRIK |
| 23 Denys ZAKHLIVNYI | 23 Ludovit VERES |
| UKRAINE Coaching staff | SLOVAKIA Coaching staff |
|---|---|
| Team Doctor: Bohdan Didyk | Head Coach: Eduard Krutzner |
| Head Coach: Valerii Kochanov | Physio: Jan Cermak |
| Assistant Coach: Oleh Kvasnytsia | Manager,Physio: Simona JEXOVA |
| Manager: Dmytro Kirsanov | Manager,Technical Zone: Filip KRAL |
| Manager,Media Manager: Miloslav SURGOŠ | |
| Technical Zone: Michal KOLÁRIK |
| Match officials | |
|---|---|
| Philip MANOLOPOULOS | Referee |
| Ondrej FORT | AR1 |
| Tomas TEMER | AR2 |
| Karlis SARKANS | Commissioner |