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Russian bears.

Irish-bulldog

Juniors
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I remember reading about the Russian rugby league in the early 2000's, I believe they had 40,000 plus fans at international games between the bears and the Hawks at some stage with a promising future and a thriving domestic scene?. I'm interested to see if anyone knows what went wrong with the Russian Bears ? You would think league would flourish in Russia.
 

DlEHARD

Juniors
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I remember the days when I was very excited about the future of the game in Russia. But Im not sure if these days we have the right mafia connections.
 

Coastbloke

Bench
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IIRC that match with the good crowd was well promoted with a car up for grabs..

Also seem to recall a match in Georgia well attended..Hope were high for a while..
 
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