Rugby the next big thing in Russia?

Russia only finished third at the home leg of the European Sevens, so RT spoke to the president of the Russian Rugby Federation, Vyacheslav Kopev, to get his views on how the sport is developing in the country.

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[igorvasilevsky]

Rugby is for real men.

American football is for pussies.

[allikohcysp]

woohoo go Russia!!! Would love to see Russians dominating in Rugby!! Russians have so many big tough men. Perfect for Rugby

[beqarugby]

Russian aren`t bad rugby players but Georgian rugby team is stronger than Russian, I am from Georgia and I am Rugby player and I say that Russian team can`t win to Georgia

[Exchange93]

They lost all games against Georgia.

[vaso442]

i will see your guys in match with Georgian team haha :D

[marcellin20]

rugby is perfect for its former states like Ukraine, Belarussia, georgia, ltvia and lithuania. All have the same genetic strong build as the mother country russia so Im hoping to see more from russia the other countries

[russ9356]

RUSSIA has the power

[russ9356]

Russians the tough guys of rugby

[madenew000]

RWC 2011 ..GO RUSSIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!­!

[vaso442]

fuck russia

[nflizsoft6]

@SooZur Go Russia from Australia

[SooZur]

J'ai hâte de voir Australie-Russie, le 1er Octobre !!