TheBreakdown
Full time5 July 1986
Zimbabwe
9–31
USSR
Police Ground, Harare, ZimbabweHead-to-head

USSR won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSSR conversion · Igor Mironov
  2. –CUSSR conversion · Igor Mironov
  3. –CUSSR conversion · Igor Mironov
  4. –CUSSR conversion · Igor Mironov
  5. –PUSSR penalty · Igor Mironov
  6. –TUSSR try · Igor Mironov
  7. –TUSSR try · Igor Nechaev
  8. –TUSSR try · Igor Nechaev
  9. –TUSSR try · Boris Shishkov
  10. –TUSSR try · Alexander Filimonov

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Zimbabwe

    USSR

    1. 1Rauf 'Roman' MalikovProp
    2. 2Andrey KirpaHooker
    3. 3Boris SamardinProp
    4. 4Nikolay PlotnikovSecond row
    5. 5Nicolay ZhuravlevSecond row
    6. 6Alexander ValyalchikovFlanker
    7. 7Viktor KushnarevFlanker
    8. 8Alexander TikhonovNumber 8
    9. 9Sergey DemidovScrum-half
    10. 10Oleg SljussarFly-half
    11. 11Igor MironovWing
    12. 12Igor NechaevCentre
    13. 13Boris ShishkovCentre
    14. 14Alexander FilimonovWing
    15. 15Anatoly GonyaniFull-back
    16. Viktor ShinkarBench
    17. Oleg LipartelianiBench
    18. Evgeny ZuevBench
    19. Alexander YusimBench
    20. Ramil 'Roman' HairulinBench

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    Context

    All-time, Zimbabwe 2–2 USSR in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

    Zimbabwe going in
    USSR going in

    Also on this day

    Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.