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The Georgia national rugby union team, [1] nicknamed The Lelos, [2] is administered by the Georgian Rugby Union. The team takes part in the annual Rugby Europe Championship , and the Rugby World Cup which takes place every four years and in which it has appeared continuously since 2003.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia formed their own national team (though a CIS team played in the early 1990s) and applied for International Rugby Football Board (now, International Rugby Board) membership. In 1993 the IRFB accepted Georgia as a federation member, making them the 52nd member.
List of Georgia national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Georgia national rugby union team.The list only includes players who have played in a match recognized by the Georgian Rugby Union as a test match, whether it was played before or after the governing body was independently established in 1991.
Founded in 1964, it was part of the Rugby Union of the Soviet Union until 1991, with the Independent Georgian Rugby Union being established on May 27, 1991. It organizes the Georgia Championship, Georgia Cup, the Georgia national rugby union team and the Georgia XV national rugby union team.
The Georgian team has been a regular competitor at the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, playing in the A division with moderate success for the most part.The team's greatest achievement came in 2010 when it finished third, behind France and Ireland, beating Belgium in the third-place game.
The most recent Scott of Georgia A national team is the following player who was convened in Wales and England expedition in March 2012. Kote Mikautaze was suspended for 6 weeks due to withdrawal from the first round of the Escher RFC game, so Jabba Kikuvize was replaced and added.
The Georgia national rugby union team has competed in five consecutive Rugby World Cup tournaments. Starting in 2003, they were placed in Pool C with eventual winners England, South Africa, Uruguay and Samoa, where they lost all four matches. Georgia qualified for the 2007 World Cup and were placed in Pool D with Argentina, France, Ireland and ...
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