2005 European Nations Championship

Team Info

France

Previous Game:

2004 France vs Australia - Game 1 vs. Australia

Next Game:

2005 Test Matches - vs. England

Out:

Claude Sirvent (centre), Adel Fellous (front row), David Berthezene (hooker), Olivier Elima (second row), Olivier Pramil (bench), Rémi Casty (bench), Said Tamghart (bench), Teddy Sadaoui (bench)

In:

Olivier Charles (wing), Adam Innes (centre), Laurent Frayssinous (five-eighth), Cédric Gay (hooker), Jérôme Guisset (front row), Christophe Moly (lock), Sébastien Raguin (bench)

Changes:

Frédéric Zitter (wing to bench), Jérôme Hermet (centre to wing), Damien Couturier (wing to centre), Maxime Grésèque (five-eighth to halfback), Julien Rinaldi (halfback to bench), Jamal Fakir (second row to bench), Grégory Mounis (lock to second row), Laurent Carrasco (bench to second row)

Russia

Previous Game:

2004 European Nations Championship - Game 2 vs. England

Next Game:

2005 European Nations Championship - Round 2 vs. Georgia

Out:

Oleg Logunov (wing), Robert Ilyasov (centre), Oleg Ghukov (five-eighth), Georgy Vinogradov (front row), Aidar Akhmetskin (second row), Maxim Romanov (lock), Andrey Kukarin (bench), Sergey Sidorov (bench)

In:

Rinat Chamsoutdinov (wing), Valentin Baskakov (wing), Viktor Nechaev (five-eighth), Igor Gavrilin (halfback), Andrey Dumalkin (front row), Irakli Chkhikvadze (second row), Audrey Kuzovkov (bench), Denis Korolev (bench)

Changes:

Aleksandr Lysenkov (centre to second row), Nikolay Zagoskin (wing to bench), Artem Grigoryan (halfback to centre), Evgeny Bozhukov (second row to lock), Sergey Dobrynin (bench to centre)