Russia (9) 26 / 40 (21) USA (Final Score)

Russia and the USA Eagles did battle in the IRB International Rugby Series at Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay, Wales at 20:00 SA Time.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Russia:

• Penalties – Igor Klyuchnikov (3)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Vladimir Ostroushko (1) Andrey Temnov (2)
  
• Conversions – Igor Klyuchnikov (1)

USA:

• Penalties – 0
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Eric Fry (1), Toby L’Estrange (1), Brian Doyle (1), Chris Wyles (1), Robbie Shaw (2)
  
• Conversions – Chris Wyles (5)

Teams:

Russia: 15 Igor Klyuchnikov, 14 Denis Simplikevich, 13 Vasily Artemyev, 12 Alexey Makovetskiy, 11 Vladimir Ostroushko, 10 Sergey Sugrobov, 9 Alexey Shcherban, 8 Victor Gresev, 7 Pavel Butenko, 6 Andrey Temnov, 5 Kirill Kulemin, 4 Alexander Voytov (Captain), 3 Evgeny Pronenko, 2 Valery Tsnobiladze, 1 Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements: 16 Vladislav Korshunov, 17 Alexey Volkov, 18 Innokentiy Zykov, 19 Andrey Garbuzov, 20 Ramil Gaysin, 21 Gleb Babkin, 22 Vladimir Boltenkov, 23 Dmitry Gerasimov.

USA: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 Cornelius Dirksen , 13 Paul Emerick , 12 Andrew Suniula, 11 Luke Hume, 10 Toby L’Estrange, 9 Robbie Shaw, 8 Todd Clever (Captain), 7 John Quill, 6 Scott Lavalla, 5 Louis Stanfill, 4 Brian Doyle, 3 Eric Fry, 2 Chris Biller, 1 Shawn Pittman
Replacements: 16 Zach Fenoglio, 17 Nick Wallace, 18 Tony Purpura, 19 Inaki Basauri, 20 Peter Dahl, 21 Mike Petri, 22 Roland Suniula, 23 Gearoid McDonald.

Date: Friday 9 November 2012
Kick-off: 20:00 SA Time (18:00 GMT)
Venue: Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay, Wales
Expected weather conditions: 90% chance of rain with a high of 12°C, dropping to 6 °C
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Wayne Davies (Wales), Chris Williams (Wales)
TMO: Huw Lewis (Wales)