Game 1
The Netherlands 14 lost to Russia 40
Team Info
The Netherlands
- Previous Game:
- [no comp] - vs. Germany
- Next Game:
- World Cup European Qualifiers 2006 - Game 1 vs. Georgia
- In:
- Joel Barrett (fullback), Kees Foxon (wing), Duncan Taylor (centre), Ronald Van Der Broek (centre), Roland Haar (wing), Jorik Moree (five-eighth), Aaron De Jager (halfback), Bevan Williamson (front row), Chris Hodgetts (hooker), Phil Parkinson (front row), James Howitt (second row), Raymond Den Englesman (second row), Jason Bruygoms (lock), Benjamin Blom (bench), Johnny Qua (bench), Soerd Niebor (bench), Jonathan McKenzie (bench)
Russia
- Previous Game:
- European Nations Championship 2005 - Game 2 vs. Georgia
- Next Game:
- World Cup European Qualifiers 2006 - Game 1 vs. Serbia
- Out:
- Oleg Logunov (fullback), Valentin Baskakov (wing), Audrey Kuzovkov (halfback), Aleksandr Lysenkov (second row), Irakli Chkhikvadze (second row), Evgeny Bozhukov (lock), Alexander Chulkov (bench), Rinat Chamsoutdinov (bench)
- In:
- Oleg Sokolov (fullback), Sergey Bychkov (wing), Robert Ilyasov (front row), Vadim Fedchuk (second row), Vladimir Vlasyuk (lock), Andrey Kholtykhov (bench), Sergei Konstantinov (bench), Georgy Vinogradov (bench)
- Changes:
- Denis Korolev (wing to centre), Oleg Smirnov (centre to second row), Jan Gvozdev (front row to bench), Artem Grigoryan (bench to halfback), Nikolay Zagoskin (bench to wing)
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson