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<blockquote data-quote="Croket66" data-source="post: 701546" data-attributes="member: 58839"><p>As Vladimir said, Russia called up loosehead Grigory Tsnobiladze and his brother Valery (hooker). They are georgian and plays for Russia because they are in Russia for more than 3 years, but they refused to play against Georgia.</p><p></p><p>Here is a list of former Russians and Georgians wrestler who turned to rugby past 3 seasons</p><p><a href="http://estxv.blogspot.fr/2014/12/soso-jabidze-des-jeux-olympiques-au.html" target="_blank">http://estxv.blogspot.fr/2014/12/soso-jabidze-des-jeux-olympiques-au.html</a></p><p></p><p>Innokenty Zykov have a wrestling background. He was ranked 3d best wrestler of the world in his weight class in 2007 and holds 21 caps for Russia since 2012.</p><p>Shamil Magomedov finished 3d in the russian championship of greco-roman wrestling and played last year for Russia, one year after he started rugby.</p><p>former wrestler Azamat Bitiev played his first rugby game in March 2014 and was called up for November tests even if he didn't play</p><p></p><p>But russian players do not have the same fight culture than Georgia or Moldova and most of their best players are backs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Croket66, post: 701546, member: 58839"] As Vladimir said, Russia called up loosehead Grigory Tsnobiladze and his brother Valery (hooker). They are georgian and plays for Russia because they are in Russia for more than 3 years, but they refused to play against Georgia. Here is a list of former Russians and Georgians wrestler who turned to rugby past 3 seasons [URL]http://estxv.blogspot.fr/2014/12/soso-jabidze-des-jeux-olympiques-au.html[/URL] Innokenty Zykov have a wrestling background. He was ranked 3d best wrestler of the world in his weight class in 2007 and holds 21 caps for Russia since 2012. Shamil Magomedov finished 3d in the russian championship of greco-roman wrestling and played last year for Russia, one year after he started rugby. former wrestler Azamat Bitiev played his first rugby game in March 2014 and was called up for November tests even if he didn't play But russian players do not have the same fight culture than Georgia or Moldova and most of their best players are backs [/QUOTE]
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