Georgia’s national rugby team defeats Germany in season’s first Rugby Europe Championship match
The Georgian and German national teams have held eight matches since 1995 and all of them ended with the victory of Lelos. In 2010 they beat the Germans by a record score of 77:3. Photo via Georgian Rugby Federation
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The Georgian national rugby team defeated Germany in the season's first 2023 Rugby Europe Championship match on Sunday at the Avchala Rugby Stadium in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi.
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— Rugby Europe (@rugby_europe) February 5, 2023
The Lelos, coached by Levan Maisashvili, claimed the victory with the final score of 75:12, following eleven tries by Otar Lashkhi, Konstantine Mikautadze, and Tornike Jalagonia, as well as Mikheil Alania and Luka Matkava, including hat-tricks by Akaki Tabutsadze and Giorgi Tsutskiridze. Matkava also contributed with ten accurate conversion kicks.
Photo via Georgian Rugby Federation
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