Georgia to play in Eight Nations rugby tournament, face England
The Lelos will face England, Wales and Ireland in their pool for the new competition. Photo via Georgian Rugby.
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The Georgian national rugby team is set to play in Eight Nations, a new competition designed to replace autumn test matches, and face England among their competitors.
With official confirmation of the team's inclusion expected in the coming weeks, Britain's The Telegraph reported that the Lelos are expected to replace Japan in the tournament after the latter's withdrawal due to logistical complications of air travel, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia, Samoa and Tonga were some of the back-up options for organisers to replace the Japanese team, with their choice now reportedly narrowed down.
The Georgian team will face England, in their first non-World Cup fixture, at Twickenham on November 21, and also face Ireland and Wales in their pool. The other group is comprised of Scotland, France, Italy and Fiji.
The Telegraph news story also said the Rugby Football Union was working to enable fans to attend tournament matches held at Twickenham, with RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney estimating a potential capacity of around 40,000 spectators after implementing reductions for safety.
Eight Nations was devised following a cancellation of usual annual calendar's autumn test games, as travel restrictions prevented southern hemisphere teams from taking flights to Europe.
The Georgian national rugby team has defeated Portugal in the Rugby Europe Championship in the French capital of Paris yesterday. Georgian "Lelos" handed a defeat to Portugal 39 to 24.
“Georgia are being lined up to replace Japan as one of Scotland's opponents in an eight-team tournament this autumn”, BBC Schotland’s Tom English reported. The tournament is scheduled to be held on four consecutive weekends between November 14 and December 5.
Over a dozen rugby professionals from Georgia are involved in High Performance Academy, a new remote initiative by World Rugby governing body designed to maintain preparedness of the sport for its post-pandemic relaunch.
Georgia's national rugby team will face Rugby World Cup champions South Africa next year in what has been dubbed a "historic" test match by Georgia Rugby Union.
It’s now official that the Georgian national rugby team will be included in the Autumn Nations Cup 2020, a unique eight-team competition involving the Six Nations as well as the rugby unions of Georgia and Fiji.
Three matches of Georgian national rugby championships were postponed after players of the Didi 10 premier competition and League One second tier tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
Georgian national rugby team's Rugby Europe Championship last round fixture against Russia has been postponed as part of Rugby Europe's suspension of all games under its organisation until the end of November, due to worsening COVID-19 situation across the continent.
The Georgian national rugby team has lost to England in Eight Nations, a new competition designed to replace autumn test matches. Although Georgian Lelos didn't score any points 'against a very strong position', they hope to improve from game to game.
The Georgian national rugby team has lost to Wales in Eight Nations, a new competition designed to replace autumn test matches. Ireland handed a defeat to Georgia 23 to 10 at the Aviva Stadium earlier today. The Autumn Nations Cup 2020, a unique eight-team competition involving the Six Nations as well as the rugby unions of Georgia and Fiji.
Georgia's national rugby team will play its postponed Rugby Europe fixture against Russia in February 2021, in one of three games that will round off the competition the Lelos won after four games this year.
Georgian rugby player Giorgi Kveseladze has joined English club Gloucester and will spend the next two years representing them in Premiership Rugby and European competitions.
The Georgian national rugby team will have a busy month of March in the new Rugby Europe season, with four games to be played in the space of three weeks by the Lelos.
World Rugby, the international governing body for the sport, has resumed its financial support for Georgia after a "positive" meeting between representatives of the global organisation and Georgia Rugby Union that clarified management-related questions after repeatedly postponed elections for the president of the local body over the last year.
The Georgian national rugby team will wear kits highlighting United Nations Women organisation's campaign on ending violence against women in their upcoming summer test games against Scotland and World Rugby Champions South Africa.