Russia face off against Samoa in Rugby World Cup on Tue 24th September 2019 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 11:15. In South Africa it’s at 12:15 SAST, 22:15 NZST in New Zealand, 20:15 AEST in Australia and 03:15 EST in the US.
Samoa won the last encounter but Samoa are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Samoa sits at 19 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Russia holds 32.
The two sides are separated by 13 places in the rankings with Russia in position 32 and Samoa in position 19 as such Samoa are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Russia vs Samoa 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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