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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.
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.
Like some other rugby playing nations, the popularity of the game in Georgia can be traced back to a pre-existing Georgian folk sport, called lelo or Lelo Burti (meaning literally in Georgian "Field Ball"), which is a full contact ball game, and very similar to rugby.
The Georgia national under-20 rugby union team is Georgia's junior national team.. Georgia defeated Portugal 44-14 in the final of the European Under-19 Championship to qualify for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.
In his early youth, Amashukeli played soccer. [1] Amashukeli watched his first ever full rugby match on TV during the 2007 Rugby World Cup, when his father "literally forced" [1] him to watch Ireland v Georgia.
The Black Lion (Georgian: შავი ლომი Shavi Lomi) is a professional Georgian rugby union team based in Tbilisi that competes annually in the Rugby Europe Super Cup.
Geo Cronjé (born 23 July 1980) is a South African former rugby union international.. Cronjé, raised in Klerksdorp, is the elder brother of Springbok Jacques Cronjé. [1]A lock, Cronjé made his Springboks debut against New Zealand at Carisbrook in the 2003 Tri Nations Series.
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.