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    RUSSIA

    Aug 20, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS Tom English.

    HOW THEY QUALIFIED

    Russia were the highest-ranked side in the Rugby Europe Championship after Romania and Spain, who both finished above them originally, were sanctioned for fielding ineligible players.

    DID YOU KNOW?

    Russia are the ‘youngest’ team at this World Cup as their first Test was in 1992, although international rugby in the Soviet Union began in the Seventies.

    UNOFFICIAL MASCOT

    Cinderella – Able to go to the ball after all and likely

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