Edinburgh can be sure of a warm welcome in Russia

■By GARY HEATLY
EDINBURGH face a trip into the unknown this coming weekend when they head to Russia to face European Rugby Challenge Cup new boys Krasny Yar – and a man with 30 Tongan caps will be leading the hosts’ charge.
Edinburgh are being spared a trip to Krasnoyarsk, where the snow has already been falling, with the match on Saturday being played in the Fili Stadium in Moscow – but they can still expect some tough conditions. The Krasny Yar skipper Vasily Artemyev, below, who learned his rugby at Blackrock College in Dublin and previously played for Northampton...

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