Georgian national rugby team loses to Australia in World Cup
The Lelos, coached by Levan Maisashvili, will play Portugal in the following match of the championship on September 23 in Toulouse. Photo: The Lelos/Facebook
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The Georgian national rugby team on Saturday lost to Australia by 35:15 in its first Pool C game of the World Cup held at the Stade de France, in Paris.
The Georgian squad made three points with a penalty from Luka Matkava in the first half of the match, while only Luka Ivanishvili and Beka Gigashvili scored tries in the second.
The Lelos, coached by Levan Maisashvili, will play Portugal in the following match of the championship on September 23 in Toulouse.
The Georgian national rugby team on Saturday defeated the United States by 22:7 in a test match of the preparation for the World Cup at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
The Georgian national rugby team defeated Romania on Saturday by 56:6 in a test match of the preparation for the World Cup at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi.
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Residents of two villages in Georgia’s west on Sunday hosted a match of leloburti, a traditional Georgian sport similar to rugby, to mark the Easter holiday, with foreign visitors and media invited to follow the contest.