Tagir fights to put Russia rugby on the map

Few heads turned when Tagir Gadzhiev walked into the mixed zone. Then he stopped, perched his distinctive ‘Papakha’ hat on his head, and suddenly a bevvy of Japanese journalists were swarming all over him.

Tagir fights to put Russia rugby on the map

Few heads turned when Tagir Gadzhiev walked into the mixed zone. Then he stopped, perched his distinctive ‘Papakha’ hat on his head, and suddenly a bevvy of Japanese journalists were swarming all over him.

Gadzhiev was only too happy to engage.

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