Georgia (Lelos)

[4N Profile]

Sharikadze is one of my favorite players. So strong for his size. Never gives less than 100%.

[GeoRugby Profile]

Certain people on Georgian forums questioned the idea of Sharikadze being a captain but think he is the perfect one. He was already a good player but I agree that he has improved even more. I think he truly cherishes and doesn't take for granted being Georgia captain. I like his leadership skills as well.

[RugbyPUBtbilisi Profile]

Congratulations to #TheLelos finest, Georgia's all time best player and try scorer, former Captain Mamuka Gorgodze & his wife on the birth of their third baby

[beber Profile]

Montpellier added Aprasidze on its EPCR list
http://www.planetrugby.com/news/eight-m ... up-squads/

From french newspaper, including L'Equipe, Aprasidze is the favorite to start against Exeter. Another option is Cruden at scrumhalf with Steyn flyhalf

[Scoob Profile]

by RugbyPUBtbilisi » Wed, 10 Jan 2018, 05:29
2017 break through players in my opinion:

1 - Joseph Matiashvili - no comment
2 - Mirian Modebadze (he needs some hard-core training to improve speed though)
3 - Gela Aprasidze (he has another U20 JRWC to play this year)
4 - Giorgi Kveseladze (He desperately needs experience)
5 - Merab Sharikadze - Our new captain has surprisingly improved at his age of 24-25




Well i will give you my 2018 players to look out for,and i think they all will play some sort of roll in lelos this year.
They will probably be selected to go to under 20 world cup this year and these 5 players are world class for there age and will determine how far good Georgia will go against Sth Africa,Ireland and France in pool play and weather the team can believe in themselves to beat 1 or more of these countries.

hooker Levan or Guram? the hooker anyway. Papidze. Small but strong,and excellent ball carrier.Very good in lineouts and scrum.
Prop Guram Gogichashvili. Mentioned as one of the best props in 2017 under 20s, had a great tournament.
Loose forward Beka Saghinadze. He was outstanding last year in under 20s.Good off loading game,strong ball carries,good in lineout.
Halfback Gela Aprasidze. I think everyone knows about this guy anyway.
First five Tedo Abzhandadze. I know Milton Haig really likes this guy,got great acceleration,reads the play well,great goal and line kicker.
All these players need to prove to Haig that they are better than any incumbent,so it might be hard for the front rowers to push for lelos selection due to depth in those positions.

[zaal Profile]

Montpellier
15. Henry Immelman; 14. Gabriel N'gandebe, 13. Frans Steyn, 12. Jan Serfontein, 11. Nemani Nadolo; 10. Aaron Cruden, 9. Gela Aprasidze; 1. Mikheil Nariashvili, 2. Bismarck Du Plessis, 3. Johannes Jonker, 4. Nicholaas Van Rensburg, 5. Konstantine Mikautadze, 6. Julien Bardy, 7. Yacouba Camara, 8. Louis Picamoles
16. Romain Ruffenach, 17. Grégory Fichten, 18. Mohamed Haouas, 19. Julien Delannoy, 20. Kelian Galletier, 21. Jesse Mogg, 22. Joe Tomane, 23.

Afrasidze to start against Exeter! Good luck!!!

[RugbyPUBtbilisi Profile]

Aprasidze will get his chance at the age of 19.

i believe he will do well and Montpellier will win this match.

[datodato Profile]

Aprasidze will get his chance at the age of 19.

i believe he will do well and Montpellier will win this match.

A lot of people back in Georgia will watch this game. He must be the first back to play in the Champions Cup for Georgia and also the first Tier2 U20 player (maybe even for some Tier1 countries) who played Champions Cup and U20 World Cup in the same season.

[beber Profile]

Aprasidze will get his chance at the age of 19.

i believe he will do well and Montpellier will win this match.

A lot of people back in Georgia will watch this game. He must be the first back to play in the Champions Cup for Georgia and also the first Tier2 U20 player (maybe even for some Tier1 countries) who played Champions Cup and U20 World Cup in the same season.

Beeman claimed he is the second back to play Champions Cup. Irakli Giorgadze for Dax played 6 Champions Cup (Heineken Cup) in 2005 and 2006.
http://www.epcrugby.fr/info/archives_jo ... ef=dynamic

But I think that Aprasidze would be the youngest georgian to play a Champions Cup.

[datodato Profile]

Aprasidze will get his chance at the age of 19.

i believe he will do well and Montpellier will win this match.

A lot of people back in Georgia will watch this game. He must be the first back to play in the Champions Cup for Georgia and also the first Tier2 U20 player (maybe even for some Tier1 countries) who played Champions Cup and U20 World Cup in the same season.

Beeman claimed he is the second back to play Champions Cup. Irakli Giorgadze for Dax played 6 Champions Cup (Heineken Cup) in 2005 and 2006.
http://www.epcrugby.fr/info/archives_jo ... ef=dynamic

But I think that Aprasidze would be the youngest georgian to play a Champions Cup.

Saw his Tweet after I wrote my post. I guess you are right, he has to be the youngest Georgian but is he also the youngest ever maybe? Marcus Smith didn‘t played until now. Not sure.

[GeoRugby Profile]

Did anyone see this? Scotland could be first tier 1 nation to visit Tbilisi before the World Cup. I hope it is true.
https://twitter.com/sdm_robertson?lang=en

[olivier Profile]

It's true and already signed. My source is very sure. I'm surprised the information get out so early. The international schedule will have more few surprises in the coming months.

[4N Profile]

Did anyone see this? Scotland could be first tier 1 nation to visit Tbilisi before the World Cup. I hope it is true.
https://twitter.com/sdm_robertson?lang=en

Great news.

[fullbackace Profile]

Delightful news. This is Huge!

[beber Profile]

Soso Matiashvili is out for 6 weeks
Will miss the last,Challenge Cup round with Krasny Yar

[beber Profile]

Aprasidze on his the bench against Leinster. Lobzhanidze to start for Brive

[datodato Profile]

Aprasidze on his the bench against Leinster. Lobzhanidze to start for Brive

good to see two georgian half-backs playing at high level. can't understand why no t14 club will sign sharikadze... absolute shame.

[datodato Profile]

How are the games at Avchala going? Crowd, weather, Surface? Any updates?

[GeoRugby Profile]

Pruidze named "man of the match" against London Irish. I'll be pissed off if he is not included in this years REC. Whatever discipline problem he may have had, now there is no excuse not to invite him to National team. He is too good of talent to waste.

[Scoob Profile]

Pruidze very good player and playing at 13 gives Georgia some options as well as a winger.
Who is the Georgian under 20 player in France Luka Macharashvili and what position does he play?
When does Georgia name there team for upcoming games against Romania and co?

[beber Profile]

Pruidze very good player and playing at 13 gives Georgia some options as well as a winger.
Who is the Georgian under 20 player in France Luka Macharashvili and what position does he play?
When does Georgia name there team for upcoming games against Romania and co?

Macharashvili plays both prop or lock. He starts most of the games with Stade Montois espoirs

[Armchair Fan Profile]

England may visit Georgia next month to train its scrum: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... ix-nations

[fullbackace Profile]

England may visit Georgia next month to train its scrum: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... ix-nations

I assume that means we'll have all our first choice forwards called up..

[Tobar Profile]

England may visit Georgia next month to train its scrum: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... ix-nations

Wow, England will finally grace a lowly Tier 2 Nation with their presence. How honorable of them.

[Amateur_IK Profile]

England may visit Georgia next month to train its scrum: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/ ... ix-nations

Wow, England will finally grace a lowly Tier 2 Nation with their presence. How honorable of them.

It's a bit incredible.