Russia name team to face Wallabies

Thu, Sep 29, 2011, 2:00 AM
AAP
by AAP

Russia head coach Nikolay Nerush has announced his team to play their final match in Pool C against Australia at Trafalgar Park, Nelson, on Saturday, 1 October.

Russia:

1. Sergey Popov

2. Vladislav Korshunov (c)

3. Ivan Prishchepenko

4. Alexander Voytov

5. Adam Byrnes

6. Artem Fatakhov

7. Vyacheslav Grachev

8. Victor Gresev

9. Alexander Yanyushkin

10. Yury Kushnarev

11. Vladimir Ostroushko

12. Alexey Makovetskiy

13. Andrey Kuzin

14. Denis Simplikevich

15. Vasily Artemyev

Replacements:

16. Evgeny Matveev

17. Vladimir Botvinnikov

18. Alexey Travkin

19. Andrey Garbuzov

20. Alexander Shakirov

21. Konstantin Rachkov

22. Mikhail Babaev

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