Time for the anthemspublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Russia v Samoa (11:15 BST)
Image source, ReutersTime for the national anthems, starting with the Russians.
Summary
FT: Russia 9-34 Samoa
Two each from Alapati Leiua and Ed Fidow plus Afaesetiti Amosa and Rey Lee-Lo with tries for Samoa
Russia fly-half Yury Kushnarev had kicked two penalties and a drop-goal
Samoa centre Rey Lee-Lo and hooker Motu Matu'u both sin-binned in first half for high tackles
Russia prop Kirill Gotovtsev with yellow card in second half
Pool A match at the Kumagaya Stadium
Time for the anthemspublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Image source, ReutersTeams outpublished at 11:11 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Russia v Samoa (11:15 BST)
The two teams are making their way out to the Kumagya Stadium, to cheers from the fans and the pitch-side drummers.
Image source, ReutersBBC coveragepublished at 11:10 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Russia v Samoa (11:15 BST)
Remember, the BBC is bringing you live commentary of every match at the 2019 Rugby World Cup,
This clash today is on 5 Live Sports Extra.
Click the tab above to listen to their coverage alongside our text offering.
Iain Carter is on commentary alongside England scrum-half Natasha Hunt.
And don't forget the Rugby Union Weekly podcast has two episodes a week during the tournament, with Chris Jones and Danny Care being joined by a host of big names.
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End of twitter postTeam newspublished at 11:08 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Russia v Samoa (11:15 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesSamoa head coach Steve Jackson hands the captaincy to Bristol Bears forward Chris Vui in the absence of the injured Jack Lam.
The Pacific Islanders are forced into a change after the initial team announcement, with Ah See Tuala dropping out after the captain's run on Monday.
Henry Taefu replaces him at centre, with Alapati Leiua moving to the wing.
Former Bristol fly-half Tusi Pisi starts at the age of 37 years and 268 days, making him the oldest Samoan to play at a World Cup.
Samoa: Nanai-Williams; Leiua, Lee-Lo, Taefu, Fidow; Pisi, Polataivao; Mulipola, Matu'u, Alaalatoa, Paulo, Le'aupepe, Vui (capt), Ioane, Amosa.
Replacements: Niuia, Alo-Emile, Jordan Lay, Toleafoa, Tyrell, Matavao, Alatimu, Seuteni.
Team newspublished at 11:06 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Russia v Samoa (11:15 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesRussia head coach Lyn Jones names a completely unchanged starting XV for their second pool match.
In fact, the whole squad is the same from Friday's 30-10 defeat by hosts Japan.
The Bears tired towards the end of that match, so it will be interesting to see how they fare after a four-day turnaround.
Full-back Vasily Artemyev leads the side, having captained his country on a record 32 occasions
Russia: Artemyev (capt); Davydov, Ostroushko, Gerasimov, Golosnitskiy; Kushnarev, Dorofeev; Morozov, Selskii, Gotovtsev, Ostrikov, Fedotko, Zhivatov, Gadzhiev, Vavilin.
Replacements: Matveev, Polivalov, Bitiev, Garbuzov, Sychev, Perov, Gaisin, Sozonov.
Head-to-headpublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Russia v Samoa (11:15 BST)
Image source, Getty ImagesThis is the very first meeting between Russia and Samoa.
In fact, it is the Bears' first Test exposure to any Pacific Island nation.
The Russians are still awaiting their first World Cup win, having lost all four games in 2011 and their first match at this edition.
Samoa have only won four of their last 18 Tests, and have lost their past three games.
They ended their preparations with a 34-15 defeat by Australia.
The state of playpublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
Russia v Samoa (11:15 BST)
Here is how Pool A stands ahead of this match, following wins for Ireland and Japan in the first round of games.
Samoa, quarter-finalists in 1991 and 1995, have failed to get out of the group stage in the past four editions of the World Cup.
Manu Samoa face Scotland in their second match next Monday, and victory today would give them a decent platform to build on.
Russia will be hoping to improve on their showing against the Brave Blossoms on the opening night.
Image source, .All eyes on Kumagayapublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 24 September 2019
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Konnichiwa and welcome along to day five of the Rugby World Cup.
After an absolute rugby fest over the weekend, there is just the one game today - the Pool A clash between Russia and Samoa.
The Bears lost their opener to Japan on Friday, while the Pacific Islanders are getting their campaign under way.
Kick-off is just 15 minutes away at the Kumagaya Rugby Stadium in Saitama Prefecture.
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