Russia vs. United States of America

Team Info

Russia

Previous Game:

World Cup 2000 - Game 3 vs. Australia

Next Game:

[no comp] - vs. USA

Out:

Mikhail Mitrofanov (fullback), Matthew Donovan (wing), Maxim Romanov (centre), Andrei Olari (five-eighth), Ian Rubin (front row), Robert Campbell (front row), Roustem Garifoulline (second row), Joel Rullis (lock), Pavel Kalachkine (bench), Michael Goirgas (bench), Andrei Kuchumov (bench), Viatcheslav Artachine (bench)

In:

Oleg Sokolov (fullback), Sergey Dobrynin (centre), Vladimir Ovchinnikov (centre), Vadim Fedchuk (wing), Viktor Nechaev (five-eighth), Denis Nikolski (halfback), Petr Sokolov (front row), Roman Ovchinnikov (hooker), Evgeny Bojoukov (lock), Ilgiz Akhmetshin (bench), Filip Romanov (bench), Andrey Zhukov (bench), Victor Lebedkov (bench), Vladimir Altunine (bench)

Changes:

Robert Ilyasov (centre to second row), Igor Gavrilin (halfback to bench), Aleksandr Lysenkov (hooker to front row)

United States of America

Previous Game:

[no comp] - vs. Japan

Next Game:

[no comp] - vs. Ireland A

In:

Rich Portale (fullback), Vea Ofa (wing), Greg Stelutti (centre), Nigel Dacre (centre), Danny Bull (wing), Michael Mulvihill (five-eighth), David Niu (halfback), Ed Woodridge (front row), Yasukazu Seto (hooker), Justin Zadnik (front row), Dave Di Valerio (second row), Shayne Mains (second row), Rob Balachandran (lock), Hayden James (bench), Chris Craig (bench), Chris Cahill (bench), Allen Chmielewski (bench), Mike Edwards (bench), Zac Padgett (bench)