Georgia and Russia have played 24 times, out of which Georgia has won 22 matches and Russia won a single match, 1 match ended in a draw.
They regularly play each other in the Rugby Europe Championship (previously named European Nations Cup). The first match was played in Poland on May 25, 1993, that Russia won 15–9.
Tensions between Georgia and Russia remained high after the war in August 2008, resulting in the scheduling of head-to-head rugby matches on neutral soil during 2009 and 2010.
Summary Overall Georgia and Russia have played each other at the Rugby Europe Championship, Rugby World Cup qualification and the 1996–97 FIRA Tournament.
Details Played Won by Won by Drawn Georgia points Russia points In Georgia 12 12 0 1 315 116 In Russia 10 10 0 0 232 113 Neutral venue 3 2 1 0 74 44 Overall 26 24 1 1 621 273
Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. RecordGeorgiaRussiaLongest winning streak20 (13 October 2002–Present)1 (25 May 1993 – 20 October 1996)Largest points forHome46 (17 March 2012)23 (4 March 2001)Away36 (20 March 2010)21 (22 March 2009)Largest winning marginHome46 (17 March 2012)N/AAway28 (20 March 2010)6 (25 May 1993)
Results No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 25 May 1993 Sopot, Poland 15 – 9 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1995 2 20 October 1996 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 29 – 20 1996–97 FIRA Tournament 3 20 May 1998 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 12 – 6 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999 4 4 March 2001 Krasnodar 23 – 25 2000–01 European Nations Cup First Division 5 3 March 2002 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 12 – 12 draw 2001–02 European Nations Cup First Division 6 13 October 2002 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 17 – 13 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2003 7 9 March 2003 Krasnodar 17 – 23 2003–04 European Nations Cup First Division 8 6 March 2004 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 9 – 3 2003–04 European Nations Cup First Division 9 20 November 2004 Krasnodar 15 – 27 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2007 10 4 February 2006 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 46 – 19 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2007 11 24 March 2007 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 31 – 12 2006–08 European Nations Cup First Division 12 12 April 2008 Krasnoyarsk 12 – 18 2006–08 European Nations Cup First Division 13 22 March 2009 Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol, Ukraine 21 – 29 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2011 14 20 March 2010 Akçaabat Fatih Stadium, Trabzon, Turkey 36 – 8 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2011 15 19 March 2011 Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi 9 – 15 2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division 16 17 March 2012 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 46 – 0 2010–12 European Nations Cup First Division 17 23 February 2013 Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi 9 – 23 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2015 18 22 February 2014 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 36 – 10 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2015 19 14 March 2015 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 33 – 0 2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division 20 12 March 2016 Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi 7 – 24 2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division 21 12 March 2017 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 28 – 14 2017 Rugby Europe Championship 22 10 March 2018 Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar 9 – 29 2018 Rugby Europe Championship 23 17 March 2019 Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar 6 – 22 2019 Rugby Europe Championship 24 7 February 2021 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 16 – 7 2020 Rugby Europe Championship 25 20 March 2021 Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad 6 – 23 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2023 26 27 February 2022 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi w/o Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2023
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