ONE of Blackrock’s more exotic recent products is Russia’s captain Vasily Artemyev, who made such a big impression at RWC2019, first for his fine play at full-back and second for his entertaining post-match interviews which were given in an intriguing Dublin-Cossack brogue.
Artemyev was a keen young player in Moscow before his enlightened parents sent him to Blackrock as a border at the age of 15 to broaden his education and learn some English with a view to becoming a lawyer. Oh and to play some rugby.
He proved a success in both respects, earning a place at UCD to study law, w...