Rugby European Championship: Georgia defeats Germany 59-7
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Georgia’s national rugby team has begun the 2016 rugby season with an impressive international victory.
The team defeated Germany 59-7 before a home crowd in Tbilisi in its first game of the European Championship 2016 today.
Photo by Gogita Bukhaidze
The Georgian side scored nine tries, and gained a bonus point too.
Photo by Gogita Bukhaidze
Looking ahead, Georgia will hold two more home games – one against Spain on February 27 and the other against Romania on March 19.
In the meantime the Lelos will play two games abroad – one against Portugal on February 13 and the other against Russia on March 12.
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The captain of Georgia's national rugby team has been named among the best 15 rugby players of 2015 by a leading New Zealand newspaper The New Zealand Herald. Mamuka Gorgodze was ranked eights.
The captain of Georgia's national rugby team has been honoured for incredible performances on the pitch this year and named in the World Rugby Team of the Year by sports website www.allsportsnews.co.uk.
A try scored by a Georgian rugby player in Saturday’s game against Germany has been selected by World Rugby officials as one of the most outstanding tries of the weekend from competitions all over the world.
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Georgia’s national rugby team has won its third game of the European Nations Cup (ENC) 2016. The Lelos defeated Spain 38-7 in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi yesterday afternoon.
Georgia has improved its world rating and is now the 13th best rugby nation in the world and above Italy who plays in the prestigious Six Nations.