Georgia national under-20 rugby union team

Georgia U-20

Union	Georgian Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Junior Lelos
Emblem(s)	Borjgali
Coach(es)	Ilia Maisuradze
Captain(s)	Beka Saghinadze
Most caps	Gela Aprasidze (14)
Top scorer	Revaz Jinchvelashvili (114)
Most tries	Alex Tuchashvili (5)
Team kit Change kit
First international
Georgia 49–0 Poland (23 May 2005)
Largest win
Georgia 90–3 Jamaica (15 April 2008)
Largest defeat
New Zealand 55–0 Georgia (7 June 2016)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 2016)
Best result	9th 2018

The Georgia national under-20 rugby union team is Georgia's junior national team.

Georgia defeated Portugal 44-14 in the final of the European Under-19 Championship to qualify for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy.^[1][2] In 2015 they were promoted to World Rugby Under 20 Championship after winning the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy and in 2017, Georgia will host the World Rugby Under 20 Championship.^[3]

Management

• Ilia Maisuradze - Head Coach
• Lado Kilasonia, Zurab Amonashvili and Gaga Gureshidze - Assistant Coaches
• Irakli Chkonia, Giorgi Nadareishvili and Anthony Brett- Strength & Conditioning
• Liam Robinson and Irakli Shaorshidze - Physiotherapists
• Vakhtang Tsiklauri - Team Doctor
• Davit Ramishvili - Video Analyst

Wins against Tier 1 nations

20 June 2016	Italy	17–18	Georgia	AJ Bell Stadium, Salford, England
15:15 BST (UTC+01)	Try: Makelara 30' c Sperandio 80' c Pen: Mantelli 67' (1/1)	Report	Try: Mataradze 17' m Gorgadze 55' m Miminoshvili 64' m Con: Mantelli 31', 80+1' (2/2) Pen: Aprasidze 70' (1/2)	Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa)

13 June 2017	Georgia	26–25	Argentina	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia
15:30 GET (UTC+04)	Try: Saghinadze 3' c Spanderashvili 12' c Con: Aprasidze 4', 13' (2/2) Pen: Aprasidze 25', 34', 38', 76' (4/6)	Report	Try: Delguy 16' m Ferrario 41' c Malanos 80' c Con: Daireaux 42', 80+1 (2/2) Pen: Albornoz 10', 20'(2/2)	Referee: Jaco van Heerden (South Africa)

7 June 2018	Ireland	20–24	Georgia	Parc des Sports Et de l'Amitié, Narbonne, France
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Try: Dean 32' m Daly 77' c Wojtkowicz 81' m Con: Byrne 78' (1/2) Pen: Dean 13'	Report	Try: Machaladze 10' c Svanidze 21' c Abzhandadze 43' c Con: Aprasidze 10', 23', 44' (3/3) Pen: Aprasidze 16' (1/1)	Referee: Jamie Nutbrown (New Zealand)

17 June 2018	Scotland	31–39	Georgia	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers, France
12:30 CEST (UTC+02)	Try: Smith 7' m Trotter 14' c, 33' c Rowe 71' m Miller 75' c Con: Chapman 15', 34' (2/3) Thompson 75' (1/2)	Report	Try: Japaridze 2' m Marjanishvili 21' c, 63' c Gigolashvili 42' c Gogichashvili 55' c Con: Abzhandadze 23', 43', 56', 64' (4/4) Pen: Abzhandadze 49', 79' (2/2)	Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Current squad

2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship squad

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Levan Papidze Hooker (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 8 Lelo Saracens Tengiz Zamtaradze Hooker (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 8 Lelo Saracens Giorgi Menabde Hooker (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 0 Batumi RC Luka Azariashvili Prop (1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 5 Montpellier Guram Gogichashvili Prop (1998-09-04) 4 September 1998 3 Racing 92 Luka Japaridze Prop (1998-10-06) 6 October 1998 4 Brive Giorgi Kharaishvili Prop (1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 0 RC Armazi Lasha Macharashvili Prop (1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 2 Stade Montois Giorgi Nutsubidze Prop (1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 4 Biarritz Lasha Jaiani Lock (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 5 Exeter Luka Gelashvili Lock (1999-03-01) 1 March 1999 4 RC Jiki Beka Saghinadze Lock (1998-10-29) 29 October 1998 3 Aurillac Tengiz Gigolashvili Flanker (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 2 RC Armazi Alexander Kalmakhelidze Flanker (1998-04-08) 8 April 1998 5 RC Army Sandro Mamamtavrishvili Flanker (1998-10-17) 17 October 1998 4 Lelo Saracens Archil Abesadze Flanker (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 4 Lelo Saracens Tornike Jalaghonia Number 8 (1998-12-12) 12 December 1998 4 Biarritz Arsen Machaladze Number 8 (1998-10-29) 29 October 1998 12 AIA Kutaisi Gela Aprasidze Scrum-half (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 10 Montpellier Luka Dvalishvili Scrum-half (1998-01-08) 8 January 1998 5 RC Armazi Mikheil Alania Scrum-half (2000-11-19) 19 November 2000 6 RC Jiki Tedo Abzhandadze Fly-half (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 13 AIA Kutaisi Lasha Lomidze Fly-half (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 4 AIA Kutaisi Giorgi Tsiklauri Centre (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 11 RC Jiki Sandro Svanidze Centre (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 8 RC Armazi Otar Dzagnidze Centre (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 4 AIA Kutaisi Zurab Kavtaradze Wing (2000-01-11) 11 January 2000 7 Kharebi Demur Tapladze Wing (2000-03-18) 18 March 2000 8 Lelo Saracens Konstantine Marjanishvili Wing (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 2 Locomotive Temur Chichinadze Wing (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 0 RC Jiki Beka Mamukashvili Fullback (1998-09-12) 12 September 1998 10 Lelo Saracens Giorgi Mikanadze Fullback (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 0 RC Army

Overall

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Argentina	2	1	1	0	50.00%	52	62	-10
Canada	3	3	0	0	100.00%	118	50	+68
Fiji	1	1	0	0	100.00%	30	13	+17
France	3	0	3	0	0.00%	36	105	-69
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	100.00%	21	8	+13
Ireland	3	1	2	0	33.33%	49	79	-30
Italy	1	1	0	0	100.00%	18	17	+1
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	100.00%	90	3	+87
Japan	3	1	2	0	66.67%	67	87	-20
Namibia	1	1	0	0	100.00%	46	17	+29
New Zealand	1	0	1	0	0.00%	0	55	-55
Poland	1	1	0	0	100.00%	49	0	+49
Portugal	1	1	0	0	100.00%	19	11	+8
Romania	3	2	1	0	66.67%	61	44	+17
Russia	2	2	0	0	100.00%	39	23	+16
Scotland	1	1	0	0	100.00%	39	31	+8
South Africa	2	0	2	0	0.00%	41	71	-30
South Korea	1	1	0	0	100.00%	50	31	+19
Spain	1	1	0	0	100.00%	23	11	+12
Tonga	2	1	1	0	50.00%	63	41	+22
United States	1	0	1	0	0.00%	12	13	-1
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	66.67%	82	47	+35
Wales	1	0	1	0	0.00%	9	10	-1
Zimbabwe	2	2	0	0	100.00%	93	26	+67
Total	41	25	16	0	60.98%	1107	855	+252

See also

• Georgia national rugby union team

References

External links

• Georgia Rugby Union Official Site