Uruguay favourites to qualify for Rugby World Cup place in England's pool after narrow first-leg loss to Russia in Siberia

The decision to blare out We Are The Champions on the public address
system as the Russian players celebrated their narrow victory masked the
cold reality facing Raphael Saint-André's side in the freezing conditions of
the Siberian capital on Saturday


Having failed to land a decisive blow with the benefit of home advantage in
the first leg of this World Cup qualification repechage final, Russia will
now head to Montevideo on Oct 11 with their hopes of making the tournament
in England next year hanging by a thread.




There was a sense of heroism in Russia's ability to c…