IRB NATIONS INTERNATIONAL RUGBY TOURNAMENT: Uruguay to face Russians

12.06.2012
Uruguay v Russia in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)

Venue: Arch of Triumph Stadium

Referee:

Preview
Both teams arrived in Bucharest with a number of new players in their squads. This is nothing unusual for this tournament. Uruguay had to leave eight top players at home.“I would have liked to have them here,” said head-coach Pablo Lemoine, “but they had jobs to go back to after the South American championship and we had to bring some of the aspiring players to Bucharest. That was visible against Romania and will definitely hamper our progress. For teams like ours every match is important and we cannot afford to relax.”

Russian coach Kingsley Jones is in the same position.

IRB Ranking points will apply to this test match. Both teams will be giving all to win this important clash.

Previous Encounters
19.06.2010 Russia 38-19 in Harrison (Churchill Cup, 5th-6th Playoff)
21.06.2009 Russia 29-26 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)
20.06.2008 Uruguay 23-19 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)

Uruguay Last Five
08.06.2012 v Romania L 9-29 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)
6.05.2012 v Brazil W 27-15 in Santiago (CONSUR A)
23.05.2012 v Chile W 27-26 in Santiago (CONSUR A)
20.05.2012 v Argentina L 5-40 in Santiago (CONSUR A)
19.11.2011 v Spain L 13-16 in Madrid (Friendly)

Russia Last Five
08.06.2012 v Italy XV L 17-33 in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)
19.05.2012 v Spain W 41-37 in Moscow (ENC 1A)
17.03.2012 v Georgia L 0-46 in Tblissi (ENC 1A)
10.03.2012 v Ukraine W 38-19 in Sotchi (ENC 1A)
25.02.2012 v Romania L 0-25 in Sochi (ENC 1A)

GWC Rugby Rankings
World Table-Russia 21st, Uruguay 22nd

IRB Ranking Points
Russia 61.07, Uruguay 60.95

Prediction: Uruguay to bounce back and win by 3 points

RUSSIA

 

15		Andrey Otrokov	Krasny Yar
14		Ivan Kotov	Yug-Krasnodar
13		Sergey Trishin	VVA-Podmoskovje
12		Alexander Makovetsky	Krasny Yar
11		Mikhail Babaev	VVA-Podmoskovye
10		Sergey Sugrobov	Slava Moscow
9		Alexander Shakirov	VVA-Podmoskovye
8		Victor Gresev	London Wasps, England
7		Artem Fatahkov	VVA-Podmoskovye
6		Andrey Temnov	Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
5		Adam Byrnes	Melbourne Rebels, Australia
4		Denis Antonov (Capt.)	Slava Moscow
3		Innokenty Zykov	Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
2		Valeriy Tsnobiladze	Novokuznetsk
1		Alexey Volkov	VVA-Podmoskovye
16		Stanislav Sel'sky	Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
17		Sergey Popov	Slava Moscow
18		Evgeny Pronenko	Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
19		Alexander Voytov	VVA-Podmoskovye
20		Alexey Scherban	Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk
21		Paul Kvernadze	Spartak GM
22		Anton Ryabov	Krasny Yar
		HEAD COACH: Kingsley Jones

Uruguay team yet to be announced