Russia

In what can only be described as torrential weather conditions, the USA grabbed their first victory of the World Cup against dogged debutants Russia.

Thursday morning sees Russia make their Rugby World Cup debut. The Eastern Europeans are the only side in this year's tournament never to have made the finals in previous years

On 15th September Russia will take on USA at New Plymouth in the first "final" of this year's RWC. We all know that neither Russia nor USA will progress past the group stages

Two months from now the rugby world will be gripped with World cup fever. Already preparations are well under way, both for the organizers and for the nations involved

Ovidiu Tonita plies his trade in France with Perpignan. Tonita previously played lock for Romania, however now he plays at No.8 or Flanker