RUSSIA is a mighty sporting nation and you sometimes wonder why more of their raw talent isn’t attracted to rugby. Athletic prop Kirill Gotovtsev, left, however, is currently the exception to that rule having already represented Russia in two other sports.
For a number of years now Gotovtsev has combined a career as one of the top wrestlers in Russia – which means the world – in the 120kg category, competing regularly on the world circuit while some winters he concentrates on bobsleighing. His best season in the latter was 2012 when he was the regular brakeman for the nu...