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Russia face off against Uruguay in Internationals on Sat 27th September 2014 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 09:00. In South Africa it’s at 10:00 SAST, 20:00 NZST in New Zealand, 18:00 AEST in Australia and 01:00 EST in the US.
Uruguay won the last encounter but Uruguay are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Uruguay sits at 14 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Russia holds 32.
The two sides are separated by 18 places in the rankings with Russia in position 32 and Uruguay in position 14 as such Uruguay are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Russia vs Uruguay 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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Yury Kushnarev adds the three points for Russia.
Felipe Berchesi does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.
Andrey Igretsov (Russia) is shown a yellow card.
Vladimir Ostrushko (Russia) is shown a yellow card.
Felipe Berchesi makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Felipe Berchesi kicks the penalty.
Yury Kushnarev has kicked a penalty goal.
Yury Kushnarev has kicked a conversion.
Grigory Tsnobiladze scores a try for Russia.
The Uruguay supporters go wild as Felipe Berchesi successfully kicks the penalty goal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Yury Kushnarev kicks the penalty goal.
Felipe Berchesi adds the three points for Uruguay.
Yury Kushnarev does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.
Felipe Berchesi makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Felipe Berchesi kicks the penalty.
Yury Kushnarev has kicked a penalty goal.