TheBreakdown
Full time20 June 1987
Zimbabwe
12–16
USSR
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

USSR won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CUSSR conversion · Igor Mironov
  2. –PUSSR penalty · Igor Mironov
  3. –PUSSR penalty · Igor Mironov
  4. –TUSSR try · Ramil 'Roman' Hairulin
  5. –TUSSR try · Igor Mironov

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. 2Rauf 'Roman' MalikovHooker
    3. 3Andrey KirpaProp
    4. 4Andrey SokolovSecond row
    5. 5Alexander StalmakhovichSecond row
    6. 6Viktor KushnarevFlanker
    7. 7Ramil 'Roman' HairulinFlanker
    8. 8Alexander TikhonovNumber 8
    9. 9Igor BorisovScrum-half
    10. 10Oleg SljussarFly-half
    11. 11Igor MironovWing
    12. 12Mihail ParshinCentre
    13. 13Igor NechaevCentre
    14. 14Vladislav VorapaevWing
    15. 15Evgeny ZuevFull-back
    16. Nikolay PlotnikovBench
    17. Igor FrantsuzovBench
    18. Anatoly GonyaniBench
    19. Nicolay ZhuravlevBench
    20. Valery MedvedBench

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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.