Russia name team for match against Ireland

Russia head coach Nikolay Nerush on Friday announced his team to play their third Pool C match against Ireland at Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua on Sunday, 25 September.

Russia:

1. Sergey Popov
2. Valery Tsnobiladze
3. Alexander Khrokin
4. Denis Antonov
5. Adam Byrnes
6. Artem Fatakhov
7. Andrey Garbuzov
8. Victor Gresev
9. Alexander Yanyushkin (c)
10. Konstantin Rachkov
11. Vladimir Ostroushko
12. Sergey Trishin
13. Andrey Kuzin
14. Denis Simplikevich
15. Vasily Artemyev

Replacements:

16. Evgeny Matveev
17. Ivan Prishchepenko
18. Alexey Travkin
19. Alexander Voytov
20. Andrey Bykanov
21. Mikhail Sidorov
22. Mikhail Babaev