Penza, 24 December 2012. PenzaNews. Rugby player from Penza club “Empire” Andrei Polivalov will take part in the training session of the national team of Russia to be held in South Africa on January 7–21, 2013.

Andrei Polivalov’s debut in the national team was in November 2012 in the UK, when the rugby player participated in the game at Oxford University. However, he did not happen to be in the team in the test-matches against the United States and Canada.

Another player of the Russian national team from Penza club “Empire” Vladimir Boltenkov will not be able to go to the training session in South Africa due to an injury received in the game against the national team of USA in Wales. The rugby player had a surgery, and now he has to go through a long recovery period, reported online service “Penza-Sports.”