Russia to do battle with Canada
Canada will be looking for their second win of the Churchill Cup after their convincing win over Italy A when they take on Russia, who are making their first appearance in the tournament, on Wednesday.
Chauncey O’Toole – the man of the match in the win over Italy A has been named in the starting XV for the clash at Esher RFC alongside try-scorers James Pritchard and Aaron Carpenter.
Russia coach Kingsley Jones will be keen to see his side get off to a positive start in the tournament against their more fancied opponents from North America.
The teams:
Canada: 15 J Pritchard; 14 M Evans, 13 C Trainor, 12 M Scholz, 11 J Mensah Coker, 10 A Munro (captain), 9 S White, 8 A Carpenter, 7 C O’Toole, 6 J Sinclair, 5 J Cudmore, 4 T Hotson, 3 S Franklin, 2 R Hamilton, 1 T Dolezel.
Replacements: 16 P.Riordan, 17 A.Tiedemann, 18 H.Buydens, 19 M.Gudgeon, 20 N.Dala, 21 E.Fairhurst, 22 P.Mackenzie.
Russia: 15 I Klyuchnikov, 14 V Artemyev, 13 I Makovetskiy, 12 A Makovetskiy, 11 V Ostroushko, 10 Y Kushnarev, 9 S Shakirov, 8 V Grachev, 7 A Garbuzov, 6 A Temnov, 5 A Voytov, 4 V Boltenkov, 3 I Prishchepenko, 2 V Korshunov (captain), 1 S Popov.
Replacements: 16 V Tsnobiladze, 17 A Travkinm, 18 A Panasenko, 19 V Gresev, 20 A Bykanov, 21 S Trishin, 22 A Ryabov.
Date: Wednesday, June 8
Venue: Esher RFC, Hersham
Kick-off: 20.00 (19.00 GMT)
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
