Russia fullback Vasily Artemyev jumps to collect the ball during the Rugby World Cup Pool A match against Japan at Tokyo Stadium. Blackrock College’s Vasily Artemyev makes abreak during a Leinster Schools Senior Cup game against Terenure back in 2006. Photograph: Billy Stickland/InphoGC: We’ll get back to the World Cup, but at 15-years-old you came to Blackrock. GC: Do you remember the last Leinster schools final at the old Lansdowne Road in 2006? GC: You were on track – Leinster under-18s, Ireland schools, UCD rugby scholarship, Leinster Academy – to becoming an Irish international?

Source: The Irish Times October 02, 2019 05:00 UTC