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Canada face off against Russia in Internationals on Sat 16th June 2018 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 21:00. In South Africa it’s at 22:00 SAST, 08:00 NZST in New Zealand, 06:00 AEST in Australia and 13:00 EST in the US.
Russia won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Canada sits at 25 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Russia holds 32.
The two sides are separated by 7 places in the rankings with Canada in position 25 and Russia in position 32 as such Canada are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Canada vs Russia will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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The Canada supporters go wild as Shane O'Leary successfully kicks the conversion.
Nick Blevins scores a try for Canada.
Yury Kushnarev makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Anton Rudoy (Russia) is shown a yellow card.
Evgeny Pronenko (Russia) is shown a yellow card.
The touch judges raise their flags as Yury Kushnarev kicks the conversion.
Anton Rudoy scores a try for Russia.
Brock Staller kicks the penalty.
Yury Kushnarev adds the two points for Russia.
Aleksei Mikhaltsov scores a try for Russia.
Yury Kushnarev does the business as his conversion attempt goes over.
Aleksei Mikhaltsov scores a try for Russia.
Brock Staller makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Luke Campbell scores a try for Canada.
Yury Kushnarev converts the try.
Anton Rudoy scores a try for Russia.
Yury Kushnarev has kicked a conversion.
Nikita Vavilin scores a try for Russia.
Anton Rudoy scores a try for Russia.
Brock Staller has kicked a penalty goal.