Russia (3) 6 / USA (10) 13 (Final Score)
Russia and USA did battle in New Plymouth at 09:30 SA Time (19:30 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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USA was in control of most of the match, holding on to the ball well, but struggling to break resolute Russian defences.
Scorers:
Russia:
- Penalties – Yury Kushnarev (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
USA:
- Penalties – Chris Wyles (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Mike Petri (1)
- Conversions – Chris Wyles (1)
Teams:
Russia: 15 Igor Klyuchnikov, 14 Vladimir Ostroushko, 13 Konstantin Rachkov, 12 Alexey Makovetskiy, 11 Vasily Artemyev, 10 Yury Kushnarev, 9 Alexander Shakirov, 8 Vyacheslav Grachev, 7 Artem Fatakhov, 6 Andrey Garbuzov, 5 Denis Antonov, 4 Alexander Voytov, 3 Ivan Prishchepenko, 2 Vladislav Korshunov (captain), 1 Sergei Popov.
Replacements: 16 Valery Tsnobiladze, 17 Alexander Khrokin, 18 Vladmimir Botvinnikov, 19 Adam Byrnes, 20 Victor Gresev, 21 Alexander Yanyushkin, 22 Andrei Kuzin.
USA Eagles: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Paul Emerick, 12 Andrew Suniula, 11 James Paterson, 10 Roland Suniula, 9 Mike Petri, 8 Nic Johnson, 7 Todd Clever (captain), 6 Louis Stanfill, 5 Hayden Smith, 4 John van der Giessen, 3 Matekitonga Moeakiola, 2 Chris Biller, 1 Mike Macdonald.
Replacements: 16 Phil Thiel, 17 Shawn Pittman, 18 Scott LaValla, 19 Pat Danahy, 20 Tim Usasz, 21 Nese Malifa, 22 Blaine Scully.
Date: Thursday 15 September
Venue: Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
Kick-off: 09:30 (19:30 NZ Time)
Expected weather: Rain from morning, clearing at night. Westerly winds expected, too. High of 15°C, low of 8°C.
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
@ Loosehead:
84
agree, poor finnishing by US otherwise they could have had 3 tries
@ Loosehead:
Maggies, the Russian hooker is kak.
@ Loosehead:
Maggies, the Russian lineout is kak.
top tackle counts
Alexander Voytov (RUS)27
Andrey Garbuzov (RUS)18
Vyacheslav Grachev (RUS)15
Tenk Hendricks, who studied Agriculture at Glen, and came from Vryheid [ I think] played rugby for Russia.
Russians going for goal, about 4 minutes left
13-6
USA 13 / 6
Penalty success
Russia 2 from 5
USA 2 from 5
Ruskies attacking hard now… USA takes a mark.. flag out by Linesman
I hope the score stays the same… my Bru is currently singing
Final Score: USA 13 / 6 Russia
Bru is spot-on!
grootblousmile and Puma picked the correct margin on Superbru
Russia lost 6 of thier 12 lineouts, USA won 12/12
Rusia had to tackle 137 and missed (20) , USA 75 (14)
103 @ superBul:
Great… just me and Puma… usually I pick the right margin along with 17 others!
@ grootblousmile:
Kwaggas purple patch still on , he picked US by 8, he is either lucky or he studied the teams well. My own pick was US 9
Whats going on with the injuries , are they real?
Boks lock Bakkies Botha has announced a seemingly miraculous recovery from injury at the RWC with the words: “I’m back!”
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