TheBreakdown
Full time29 June 1986
Zimbabwe
26–19
USSR
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Zimbabwe won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSSR conversion · Igor Mironov
  2. –CUSSR conversion · Igor Mironov
  3. –PUSSR penalty · Igor Mironov
  4. –TUSSR try · Igor Mironov
  5. –TUSSR try · Igor Mironov
  6. –TUSSR try · Nicolay Zhuravlev

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

Line-ups

Zimbabwe

    USSR

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

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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.