Founded | 1969 | ||
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Location | Batumi, Georgia | ||
Ground(s) | Batumi Stadion (Capacity: 1,500) | ||
Coach(es) | irakli ninidze (kolobok) | ||
League(s) | Didi 10, Rugby Europe Super Cup | ||
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Batumi RC is a Georgian professional rugby club from Batumi, who plays in the Didi 10, the first division of Georgian rugby and for the 2022 season they had a professional team in the Rugby Europe Super Cup, although they were replaced in the competition after one season.
2019/2020 squad Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
Archived 2019-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
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