Rugby was introduced to both Georgia and Armenia by Jacques Haspekian, an Armenian from Marseilles, France.

The Soviet Championship was reinstated in 1966, with Armenian club, Yerevan Dinamo RC, joining the top division.

Rugby teams were formed in Yerevan's main sporting clubs of Dinamo, Spartak, Ashxatanq, and Burevestnik, and the game was also played by several universities.

[3] In the 1966–67 season, the Yerevan Dinamo Rugby Club entered the top division of the Soviet Championship.

However, the rugby teams were disbanded by the early 1990s due to the effects of the Armenia-Azerbaijan War and economic difficulties in Armenia following the demise of the Soviet Union.

Gagik Panikian became the RFA president in 2002 and pledged to improve the popularity of the sport and the quality of players Armenia produced.