The Georgia national rugby union team has competed in five consecutive Rugby World Cup tournaments. Starting in 2003, which also served as the only appearance prior to the Rose Revolution, they were placed in Pool C with eventual winners England, South Africa, Uruguay and Samoa, where they lost all four matches. Georgia qualified for the 2007 World Cup and were placed in Pool D with Argentina, France, Ireland and Namibia, where they beat Namibia. In 2011 Rugby World Cup, Georgia qualified for their third straight tournament. They were placed in Pool B with Scotland, England, Argentina and Romania and won the game against rivals Romania. Their best performance was in 2015 tournament, when they were drawn against eventual world champions New Zealand, Argentina, Tonga and Namibia. Georgia won games against Tonga and Namibia, finished third in the group and automatically qualified for 2019 Rugby World Cup.
World Cup record
By matches
2003
Group C matches -
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
Overall record Country Pld W D L F A +/− Win % 21-145311450 11--17107100 1--11946-270 1--11043-330 1--1946-350 2--216125-1090 3--319112-930 1--11014-40 1--1615-90 11--25916100 22--471631100 2--22262-400 1--1764-570 2--22362-390 1-1-181800 2--23386-530 Total 24 5 1 18 326 759 −431 20.83%
Team records
Most points in a tournament 65 (2019 in ) 64 (2023 in ) 53 (2015 in )
Most points in a game 33 vs (2019) 30 vs (2007) 25 vs (2011)
Biggest winning margin 30 vs (2007) 26 Vs (2019) 16 vs (2011)
Highest score against 84 vs (2003) 64 vs (2007) 54 vs (2015)
Biggest losing margin 78 vs (2003) 57 vs (2007) 45 vs (2015)
Most tries in a tournament 9 (2019 in ) 7 (2023 in ) 5 (2007 in ) 5 (2015 in )
Most tries in a game 5 vs (2019) 3 vs (2007) 3 vs (2023) 2 vs (2015) 2 vs (2015) 2 vs (2019) 2 vs (2023)
Individual records Most appearances 15 Mamuka Gorgodze 15 Merab Kvirikashvili 13 Davit Kacharava
Most appearances as captain 6 Irakli Abuseridze
Most points overall 86 Merab Kvirikashvili 23 Paliko Jimsheladze 22 Tedo Abzhandadze
Most points in a game 17 vs – Merab Kvirikashvili ( 2011) 15 vs – Merab Kvirikashvili ( 2007) 11 vs – Paliko Jimsheladze ( 2003)
Most tries overall 4 Mamuka Gorgodze 2 Levan Chilachava 2 Alexander Todua
Most penalty goals 22 Merab Kvirikashvili 6 Paliko Jimsheladze 3 Malkhaz Urjukashvili 3 Luka Matkava
Most penalty goals in a game 5 vs – Merab Kvirikashvili ( 2011) 3 vs – Merab Kvirikashvili ( 2003) 3 vs – Merab Kvirikashvili ( 2007) 3 vs – Merab Kvirikashvili ( 2015)
Most drop goals 1 Paliko Jimsheladze
References