Ireland v RussiaVenue: Kobe Stadium. Live Blog: From 10.30am on irishtimes.com/sportAlthough it’s something of a no-win game, Ireland are back in increasingly familiar territory in needing a statement victory. There’s a YouTube video of him scoring a barnstorming 80-metre try against Krasny Yar and earlier this year he joined Sale. Russia: Vasily Artemyev (Krasny Yar capt); German Davydov (VVA-Saracens), Igor Galinovskiy (Krasny Yar), Kirill Golosnitskiy (Krasny Yar), Denis Simplikevich (Enisey-STM); Ramil Gaisin (Ramil Gaisin), Dmitry Perov (VVA-Saracens); Andrei Polivalov (VVA Saracens), Evgeny Matveev (VVA-Podmoskovye), Kirill Gotovtsev (Krasny Yar); Andrey Garbuzov (Krasny Yar), Bogdan Fedotko (Krasny Yar); Anton Sychev (Metallurg), Tagir Gadzhiev (RC Guban), Victor Gresev (Krasny Yar). Referee: Jerome Garces (France)Previous meetings: (2002, RWC qualifier, Krasnodar) Russia 3 Ireland 3; (2011 World Cup, Rotorua) Ireland 62 Russia 12.

Source: The Irish Times October 02, 2019 15:00 UTC