The Georgia national rugby union team, nicknamed The Lelos, represents Georgia in men's international rugby union. The team is administered by the Georgian Rugby Union and takes part in the annual Rugby Europe Championship and the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years.
George Smith is an Australian retired rugby union player. He was a flanker for 12 years (2000–10,13) at the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby, earning 142 caps.
Mauro Bergamasco is a former Italian rugby union footballer who last played for Zebre. He predominantly played as an open-side flanker, although his versatility means that he had also played a number of international games on the wing, and started at scrum-half in an infamously error-prone performance. He was considered to be one of Italy's best players in his preferred position.
Yannick Nyanga is a former professional rugby union player who played as a flanker for Racing 92 and France, and is also known for his long tenure at Toulouse. He was a part of the victorious French team of the 2006 Six Nations Championship.
Juanne Hugo Smith is a South African former professional rugby union player who represented South Africa in international test rugby, the Cheetahs in the Super Rugby competition, and the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup. He mainly played as a blindside flanker, although he has also played number eight.
Akapusi Qera is a Fijian professional rugby union player. A Flanker or No.8. He is married to wife Phillipha Talei and together they have four children. Qera is also from a Christian sporting family; his father was an international cricketer for Fiji and his brother also played international rugby for Fiji. He is also a first cousin of Fiji test international Viliame Veikoso. Qera is a current test international and 15's captain for Fiji Qera has also represented the Barbarians.
Ovidiu Tonița is a Romanian former rugby union player who played 73 times for the Romania national team between 2000 and 2016. A former lock and presently a flanker and number 8. He played the majority of his career for USA Perpignan. He is noted for his size, which is considered unusual for his position on the field. His supporters are known to have compared him to the Australian footballer John Eales, and he is often seen as Romania's key player.
Marc Lièvremont is a former rugby union footballer and was the head coach of the French national rugby union team. He played as a back-row forward for France, gaining 25 caps from 1995 to 1999, and was selected in France's 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. He also played with the French Rugby Sevens team and with the French Barbarians.
Adam Thomson is a New Zealand rugby union player. He represented the New Zealand All Blacks between 2008 and 2012, playing a total of 29 tests including two during the victorious 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign. He played for the Melbourne Rebels in 2016, having also played Super Rugby with the Queensland Reds (2015) and Highlanders (2006-2012). He has also represented the Canon Eagles in Japan's Top League and New Zealand province Otago.
Mamuka Gorgodze is a Georgian former rugby union player, who played in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14. He played for Toulon, having signed with the club in 2014 after having played for Montpellier since 2005. His usual position is flanker or number eight, but he played his early career as a lock. Gorgodze played for the Georgia national rugby union team in 71 matches, including 13 as a captain. He appeared for the Georgia national team in three World Cups in 2007, 2011, and 2015. In May 2017, he announced his retirement from the national team. In 2019 he returned to the national team for the World Cup in Japan.
Wenceslas Lauret is a rugby union footballer, who currently plays for Racing 92 in the Top 14 French league. His usual position is flanker, but he can also play Lock.
Rynhardt Elstadt is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team and French Top 14 side Toulouse. He plays flank forward and lock.
Rohan Kitshoff is a Namibian professional rugby union player, currently playing with Western Province Premier League club side Durbanville-Bellville. His regular position is flanker.
Bernard Le Roux is a South African-born French rugby union player, who recently played as flanker for French Top 14 side Racing 92.
Albertus Stephanus Smith, known professionally as Kwagga Smith, is a South African rugby union player for the South Africa national team, the Lions in Super Rugby and Shizuoka Blue Revs in the Japanese Japan Rugby League One. His regular position is flanker.
Yacouba Mandingo Camara is a French rugby union player who currently plays for Montpellier in the French Top 14. His regular playing position is as a Flanker.
Charles Ollivon is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Top 14 club Toulon and the France national team.
Kélian Galletier is a French rugby union player who plays for Montpellier in the Top 14 club competition. He currently plays as blindside flanker or number-eight.
Antonin Berruyer, born on 9 September 1998, is a French rugby union player who plays for FC Grenoble in the Top 14. His preferred position is flanker.
Alexandre Bécognée is a French rugby union player who plays for Montpellier in the Top 14. His playing position is flanker. Bécognée signed for Montpellier in 2020, following two seasons at Mont-de-Marsan. He made his debut for France in the 2021 July rugby union tests against Australia.
