Rusia va debuta in editia 2015 a Cupei Europene a Natiunilor cu doua partide, pe care le va disputa in deplasare cu Spania si nou-promovata Germania, dupa care va primi vizita Stejarilor.
Trecand peste ratarea calificarii la Cupa Mondiala chiar in finala recalificarilor in detrimentul Uruguayului, si cu o noua banca tehnica condusa de Alexandre Pervikhin, ursii se vor pregati la Soci, acolo unde se va deplasa un lot format din 31 de jucatori.
Desi initial Sergey Novoselov si Dmitry Gerasimov fusesera convocati, accidentarea acestora in urma partidei disputate de Yenisey Krasnoyarsk in calificarile pentru European Rugby Challenge Cup inseamna deja doua pierderi, astfel, fata de lista initiala, aparand numele lui Vladimir Rudenko.
Cei mai multi jucatori provin de la campioana en-titre Yenisey, printre absente fiind nume care s-au impus in anii anteriori, precum Valery Tsnobiladze, Alexander Voytov, Alexey Makovetskiy, Kirill Kulemin sau Andrei Ostrikov.
Lotul de jucatori anuntat de Alexander Pervukhin arata astfel:
Pilieri: Alexander Bezverkhov (Yenisey-STM), Aleksey Volkov (VVA Saracens), Sergey Sekisov (VVA Saracens), Andrey Igretsov (Slava-DSP)
Taloneri: Stanislav Selskiy (Yenisey-STM), Vladislav Korshunov (VVA Saracens),
Linia a doua: Innokenty Zykov (Yenisey-STM), Alexey Panasenko (VVA Saracens), Denis Antonov (Salava-DSP), Ilya Osminko (Slava-DSP)
Flankeri: Nicolay Serkov (Yenisey-STM), Andrey Temnov (Yenisey-STM), Pavel Butenko (Yenisey-STM), Artem Fatakhov (VVA Saracens), Mikhail Sidorov (Slava-DSP)
Numarul 8: Dmitry Krotov (Yenisey-STM), Viktor Gresev (Krasny Yar)
Mijlocasi la gramada: Alexey Shcherban (Yenisey-STM), Alexander Yanyushkin (VVA Saracens)
Mijlocasi la deschidere: Ramil Gysin (Yenisey-STM), Anton Ryabov (Krasny Yar)
Centri: Sergey Trishin (VVA Saracens), Mikhail Babaev (VVA Saracens), Igor Galinovskiy (Krasny Yar), Vladimir Rudenko (Krasny Yar)
Aripi: Igor Klyuchnikov (VVA Saracens), Rushan Yagudin (Krasny Yar), Vasily Artemyev (Krasny Yar), Andrey Otrokov (Krasny Yar)
Fundasi: Igor Kurashov (Yenisey-STM), Yuri Kushnarev (Yenisey-STM)
