According to the press office of the Russian Rugby Union, head coach Kingsley Jones named those 26 rugby players who will prepare for the match against Georgia.

Grigory and Valery Tsnobiladze, brothers from Kutaisi, refused to play against Georgia, just like last year. According to the Russian news agencies, it is not known what sanctions will be applied against them.

The match between the Georgian and the Russian national teams will take place on “Dinamo Arena” in Tbilisi on February 22. The match will start at 17:00.

The Russian national rugby union team:

Vasily Artemyev, Igor Galinovsky, Viktor Gresev, Alexei Makovetskiy, Andrey Otrokov, Vladimir Rudenko, Anton Ryabov, Alexander Khudiakov (all “Krasny Yar”), Pavel Butenko, Dimitry Gerasimov, Innokenty Zykov, Stanislav Selsky, Andrei Temnov (all “Yenisey-STM”), Alexander Voytov, Aleksey Volkov, Magomed Davudov, Vladislav Korshunov, Alexander Yanushkin, Sergey Yanushkin (all “VVA-Podmoskovye”), Kiril Kulemin, Andrey Ostrikov (both “Sale Sharks”, England), Andrey Igretsov, Sergey Sekisov (both “Slava”), Pavel Kvernadze (“Fili”), Yuri Kushnarev (“Kuban”), Sergey Sekisov (“Strela”).

The 2014 European Nations Cup. The 2015 World Cup qualifying

II circle. III round

February 22

Georgia – Russia

Romania – Spain

Belgium – Portugal 

Zura Ksovreli