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Georgia has competed in six Rugby World Cup tournaments. Their first appearance was in 2003 when they were placed in Pool C with England, South Africa, Uruguay and Samoa. In 2007 Georgia recorded their first win in the Rugby World Cup with a 30–0 win over Namibia in their Pool D match at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The Lelos best performance was ...
Rugby union is one of the most popular sports in Georgia. Rugby is especially popular in the south of the country where the game is more popular than association football. The popularity of rugby union largely took off after the Georgia Rugby Union's inception into the IRB. This has seen rugby union become a major spectator sport.
At the 2007 Rugby World Cup the team lost all four matches but succeeded in scoring points and one try in every match, and was able to gain a bonus point on the final game against Romania. At the 2023 Rugby World Cup the team achieved its first draw against Georgia and also its first ever win beating Fiji 24 points to 23.
Euro 2024: Georgia v Portugal. Georgia face Portugal in the final round of games in Group F, with kick-off at 8pm BST. The Czech Republic take on Turkey at the same time in Hamburg.
Portugal played its first ever rugby international in April 1935 against Spain, losing by a single point, 6–5. [citation needed] They played Spain again the following year with Spain winning 16–9. Portugal had more regular competition from the mid-1960s, and won their first game in 1966, defeating Spain 9–3.
Owen Farrell starts at fly half after his ban as England go in pursuit of a third Rugby World Cup victory in a row
“We always had it in our history, in our DNA, to fight,” Levan Maisashvili, head coach of Georgia’s rugby union team, tells CNN Sport in an interview as he reflects on the proud, defiant ...
In 2011 Rugby World Cup, Georgia qualified for their third straight tournament. They were placed in Pool B with Scotland , England, Argentina and Romania and won the game against rivals Romania. Their best performance was in 2015 tournament , when they were drawn against eventual world champions New Zealand , Argentina, Tonga and Namibia.