Photo: RC Lokomotiv
Here are the confirmed lineups for the upcoming rugby match. Lokomotiv will field their strongest available squad for the game, though they will be without van Rienen.
Lokomotiv Squad
- 1. Sergey Sekisov
- 2. Tiaan van der Merwe
- 3. Alexander Ryabov
- 4. Bogdan Kireev
- 5. Jeremy Jordaan
- 6. Archil Abesadze
- 7. Pavel Soshin
- 8. Allen Stefan de Witt
- 9. Rudi van Rooyen
- 10. Sergey Yanyushkin (c)
- 11. Nikita Filippov
- 12. Franco Nodie
- 13. Nika Tsirekidze
- 14. Daniil Potikhanov
- 15. Alexander Gudok
Lokomotiv Reserves:
- 16. Denis Mashkin
- 17. Andrey Polivalov
- 18. Vladimir Podrezov
- 19. Alexey Bashev
- 20. Tamerlan Khubaev
- 21. Denis Semin
- 22. Andrey Yanyushkin
- 23. Lev Derksen
For Metallurg, Sibiryakov and Iskandarov make their return to the squad, while Orlik will begin the match from the bench.
Metallurg Squad
- 1. Alexey Nastavshev
- 2. Denis Talyanov
- 3. Dmitry Sipkin
- 4. Nikita Akulinichev
- 5. Vyacheslav Taskin
- 6. Nikita Egorov
- 7. Saivali Iskandarov (c)
- 8. Danila Mankovsky
- 9. Oleg Sibiryakov
- 10. Eldiyar Toktosunov
- 11. Semyon Garmanov
- 12. Petr Konik
- 13. Igor Galinovsky
- 14. Alexey Bernauchis
- 15. Ilya Saglaev
Metallurg Reserves:
- 16. Danil Orlik
- 17. Alexander Novik
- 18. Duncan Edwards
- 19. Georgy Kuzin
- 20. Kirill Kuzmichev
- 21. Rasim Sultanov
- 22. Semyon Chernonogov
- 23. Vitaly Bezmaternykh
Kick-off is scheduled for September 28 at 12:00 PM Moscow time.
