Russia name squad to face Ireland
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Russia coach Lyn Jones has named his team for the Pool A match against Ireland at Kobe Misaki Stadium on Thursday, 3 October.
The side has made nine changes to the starting XV that took on Samoa on Tuesday, 24 September.
Yury Kushnarev, Russia's record test caps holder and their all-time leading points scorer, has not been included in the match-day 23.
Artemyev and Andrey Garbuzov both start and Vladimir Ostroushko could come off the bench to become the only three players making a seventh RWC appearance for Russia.