Krasnoyarsk. Siberian rugby.
Published: 07 October, 2009, 20:49
Edited: 19 November, 2010, 20:36
I like to watch rugby. It’s been 13 years since the moment I saw the game for the first time. And that was in the place which is famous for cold winters and vast forests – in Siberia! A few words on how rugby got that far: the game was brought to the Russian empire at the beginning of the 20th century by ship. English sailors used to teach youngsters how to play it in Odessa – a port on the...
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James Stiefvater,
December 04, 2009, 02:33
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I saw rugby being played at the Spartak stadium in Krasnoyarsk in -30C weather! Thanks for the story!
At last our rugby team will play on WC2011 in New Zealand!!! :)
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