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- ↑ "Otari Giorgadze". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "The Lelos of Georgia". site.rugby.ge. Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ "un-japon-inexperimente-mais-heroique-s-impose-en-georgie- - japonrugby". www.japonrugby.net (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ Perrin, Thibault. "La Géorgie avec 15 français pour le Rugby Europe International Championship 2018". www.lerugbynistere.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-20.
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