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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.
Rugby union in Georgia is a popular team sport. Rugby union is considered one of the most popular sports in Georgia.
Sport in Georgia has a long history.
Lelo or lelo burti, literally a "field ball [playing]", is a Georgian folk sport, which is a full contact ball game, and very similar to rugby. Within Georgian rugby union terminology, the word lelo is used to mean a try, and the popularity of rugby union in Georgia has also been attributed to it. In 2014, lelo burti, along with khridoli, a traditional martial art, was inscribed by the government of Georgia as a "nonmaterial monument" of culture.
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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.
Levan Chilachava is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays prop for Georgia on international level. Chilachava also plays for French club, Toulon in the Top 14 competition.
Zviad Maissuradze is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.
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.
Lasha Khmaladze is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a fly-half and fullback for the Georgia national rugby union team and Lelo in the Georgia Championship.
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Lasha Lomidze is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is number 8, and he currently plays for London Irish in the English Premiership and the Georgia national team.
Giorgi Pruidze is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is wing, and he currently plays for AIA Kutaisi in the Georgia Championship and the Georgia national team.
Karlen Asieshvili is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is prop, and he currently plays for Brive in the Top 14 and the Georgia national team. He played for Georgia in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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References
- ↑ "Ioseb Matiashvili".
- ↑ "The Lelos training squad for June Tests". site.rugby.ge. Archived from the original on 2018-10-31.
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