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| Full name | Rugby Club Lelo Saracens | ||
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| Founded | 1969 | ||
| Location | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||
| Ground(s) | Lelo Arena (Capacity: 3 000) | ||
| League(s) | Didi 10 | ||
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Lelo Saracens(or formally Rugby Club Lelo Tbilisi) is a Georgian semi-professional rugby union club from Tbilisi, who plays in the Georgia Championship, the first division of Georgian rugby. The team was Champion in 2004, 2009 and 2013. In July 2014, they became part of the Saracens global network, the ninth club to do so. [1]
2020/2021 squad Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Viktor Kolelishvili Mamuka Gorgodze Lasha Khmaladze Irakli Kiasashvili Luka Japaridze 
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The Didi 10 is a professional domestic rugby union club competition in Georgia. For sponsorship reasons the league is known as the Crocobet Didi 10. It is the top tier of rugby competition in the country.
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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.
Bidzina Samkharadze is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for professional SuperLiga club Timișoara Saracens.
Viktor (Vito) Kolelishvili is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is flanker, and he currently plays for Clermont Auvergne in the Top 14 and the Georgia national team. He played for Georgia in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Sandro Todua is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as a winger for the Rugby Europe Super Cup side Black Lion and for Didi 10 side RC Batumi.
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Milton Haig is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Georgian national team that annually competes the European Nations Cup.
Nodar Tcheishvili is a Georgian professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Super Cup club Black Lion and the Georgia national team.
Luka Japaridze is a rugby union player who currently plays for Lelo Saracens in the Didi 10 and also plays internationally for Georgia U20 as a prop.
Beka Saghinadze is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Aurillac in the French Pro D2. He was called up to the Georgia under-20 squad for 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.
Giorgi Nutsubidze is a rugby union player who currently plays for Lelo Saracens in the Didi 10 and also plays internationally for Georgia U20 as a prop.
Akaki "Aka" Tabutsadze is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as Wing for Lelo Saracens in Georgia Championship Didi 10.
The 2023–24 Didi 10 is the 34th season of the top flight of Georgian domestic rugby union competition. RC Aia Kutaisi were champions after beating Lelo Saracens in the final.
