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<blockquote data-quote="white bear" data-source="post: 558372" data-attributes="member: 57922"><p><span style="color: #312D2D"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>On the threshold of RWC2015 there are some talks about naturalization foreign rugby players from Russian Championship. Internet portal </strong><a href="http://rurugby.ru/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>rurugby.ru</strong></span></a><strong> got an exclusive interviews from bunch of New Zealand ruggers which plays in PRL.</strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #312D2D"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'">This rugby players are John Dodd, Ryan Bambry and Tom Fleming. They spent 2 years in Russian Championship and in case of another season here they have an opportunity to receive Russian citizenship and join National team. Tom Fleming is next.</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312D2D"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></strong></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em>- New season is almost on. Please, tell us about your rugby experience in Russia.</em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">- I have really enjoyed my rugby experience here. Each year something different. I have made some good friends and am thankful for the opportunity to come back.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em>- What do you think about Russian Championship overall rugby level?</em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">- The overall level of the championship is not so good. Each year only 3 teams truly fighting for finals. I hear this year maybe 4 teams with Kazan improving greatly in their offseason.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em>- How could Russian Championship become better?</em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">- I personally feel their are too many teams. This dilutes the number of quality players at any team and therefore many weak teams. So perhaps remove some teams. Or maybe a split format where in first round all teams play. After this top 5 qualifying teams go into one competition. And bottom 5 teams go to another. Therefore creating more games of higher intensity between similar matched teams. I think the shorter finals series this year will also help improve the quality of these games.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em>- If you will get an offer to take the Russian citizenship next year and join National team, would you say yes?</em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">- If that opportunity arises at this stage I would say yes. But it is a long time away still. I for now just need to concentrate on playing well for «Krasny Yar», and hopefully there will be an opportunity to come back again.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em>- This question is about Russian National team level. Please, share your thoughts. Is there any chance to improve National team performance?</em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">- I personally have not watched a lot of their games. But looking at their results it seems they are moving in the right direction. With a few more goals against Georgia could have been a different game. But with any team of course there are chances to improve and I'm sure the coaching staff are looking closely at this.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em>- Do you think Russian National team could prevail in the qualification for next RWC in England? Will you take part in it if you have a chance?</em></strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong><em></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">- Yes I think they will. If they keep working as they are I see no reason why they would not qualify. Like I said earlier if the opportunity was there at this stage I would take it. But there is still a lot of work to be done before I can think about such things.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #312E2E"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><a href="http://rurugby.ru/component/content/article/1-news/2058-rugby-russia-tom-fleming" target="_blank">http://rurugby.ru/component/content/article/1-news/2058-rugby-russia-tom-fleming</a></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="white bear, post: 558372, member: 57922"] [COLOR=#312D2D][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial][B]On the threshold of RWC2015 there are some talks about naturalization foreign rugby players from Russian Championship. Internet portal [/B][URL="http://rurugby.ru/"][FONT=Arial][B]rurugby.ru[/B][/FONT][/URL][B] got an exclusive interviews from bunch of New Zealand ruggers which plays in PRL.[/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312D2D][FONT=Arial][B][FONT=arial]This rugby players are John Dodd, Ryan Bambry and Tom Fleming. They spent 2 years in Russian Championship and in case of another season here they have an opportunity to receive Russian citizenship and join National team. Tom Fleming is next. [/FONT][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial][B][I] - New season is almost on. Please, tell us about your rugby experience in Russia. [/I][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial]- I have really enjoyed my rugby experience here. Each year something different. I have made some good friends and am thankful for the opportunity to come back. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial][B][I] - What do you think about Russian Championship overall rugby level? [/I][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial]- The overall level of the championship is not so good. Each year only 3 teams truly fighting for finals. I hear this year maybe 4 teams with Kazan improving greatly in their offseason. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial][B][I] - How could Russian Championship become better? [/I][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial]- I personally feel their are too many teams. This dilutes the number of quality players at any team and therefore many weak teams. So perhaps remove some teams. Or maybe a split format where in first round all teams play. After this top 5 qualifying teams go into one competition. And bottom 5 teams go to another. Therefore creating more games of higher intensity between similar matched teams. I think the shorter finals series this year will also help improve the quality of these games. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial][B][I] - If you will get an offer to take the Russian citizenship next year and join National team, would you say yes? [/I][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial]- If that opportunity arises at this stage I would say yes. But it is a long time away still. I for now just need to concentrate on playing well for «Krasny Yar», and hopefully there will be an opportunity to come back again. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial][B][I] - This question is about Russian National team level. Please, share your thoughts. Is there any chance to improve National team performance? [/I][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial]- I personally have not watched a lot of their games. But looking at their results it seems they are moving in the right direction. With a few more goals against Georgia could have been a different game. But with any team of course there are chances to improve and I'm sure the coaching staff are looking closely at this. [/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial][B][I] - Do you think Russian National team could prevail in the qualification for next RWC in England? Will you take part in it if you have a chance? [/I][/B][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#312E2E][FONT=Arial][FONT=arial]- Yes I think they will. If they keep working as they are I see no reason why they would not qualify. Like I said earlier if the opportunity was there at this stage I would take it. But there is still a lot of work to be done before I can think about such things. [URL]http://rurugby.ru/component/content/article/1-news/2058-rugby-russia-tom-fleming[/URL][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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