 Since late 2009 they have decided to run their senior team as a rugby union team

They won their first piece of silverware in 1993, and from 1995 through to 1999 became the best club in Russia having won the Russian Championship in each of those years.In 2000 they had a bad season but returned in 2001 to retrieve their trophy.But they then lost it again in 2002, which started the dominance of the Moscow teams in the competition.