TOKYO, 22 Sep - Russia head coach Lyn Jones (WAL) makes no changes to his squad or starting XV for their second Pool A match against Samoa on Tuesday. In Russia's previous Rugby World Cup campaign in 2011, the Bears always made at least four changes between games.

Russia lost 30-10 to Japan in the tournament's opener on Friday and hope to clinch their first-ever Rugby World Cup win at Kumagaya Rugby Stadium against the Pacific Islanders.

Fly-half Yury Kushnarev makes a team record-extending 111th career appearance for the Bears but winger Denis Simplikevich, who has 28 caps and scored a try in each of his two games at RWC 2011 (against Ireland and Australia), must wait to make an appearance in RWC 2019.

Three players have featured in all of Russia's five RWC matches: Vasily Artemyev, Vladimir Ostroushko and Andrey Garbuzov.

Full-back Vasily Artemyev (pictured left, above) leads the side having captained his country on a record 32 occasions. His 29 test tries are the most by any player in Bears history.

Russia

1. Valery Morozov
2. Stanislav Selskii
3. Kirill Gotovtsev
4. Andrey Ostrikov
5. Bogdan Fedotko
6. Vitaly Zhivatov
7. Tagir Gadzhiev
8. Nikita Vavilin
9. Vasily Dorofeev
10. Yury Kushnarev
11. Kirill Golosnitskiy
12. Dmitry Gerasimov
13. Vladimir Ostroushko
14. German Davydov
15. Vasily Artemyev (capt.)

16. Evgeny Matveev
17. Andrei Polivalov
18. Azamat Bitiev
19. Andrey Garbuzov
20. Anton Sychev
21. Dmitry Perov
22. Ramil Gaisin
23. Vladislav Sozonov

RNS bdj/dk/pp/bo