Georgia at the Rugby World Cup explained

The Georgia national rugby union team has competed in five consecutive Rugby World Cup tournaments. Starting in 2003, 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

World Cup recordwidth=1% rowspan=15World Cup Qualification record
YearRound
1987Part of USSR: Not an independent country-
1991Part of USSR: Not an independent countryPart of USSR: Not an independent country
1995did not qualify20021538
19998404131221
2003Pool Stage40044620021013176
2007Pool Stage410350111141013426182
2011Pool Stage4103489010811326132
2015Pool Stage42025312310910286106
2019Pool Stage410365122Automatically Qualified
2023Pool Stage40136411310910325146
2027to be determinedQualification not started
2031
Total6/1024511832675956414111540901

By matches

2003

See main article: 2003 Rugby World Cup. Group C matches -

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2007

See main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup Pool D. ------------

2011

See main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool B. ------------

2015

See main article: 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C.

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2019

See main article: 2019 Rugby World Cup Pool D. ------------

2023

See main article: 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool C.

Overall record

CountryPldWDLFA+/−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
Total24 5 1 18 326 759 −431 20.83%

Team records

Most points in a tournament
Most points in a game
Biggest winning margin
Highest score against
Biggest losing margin
Most tries in a tournament
Most tries in a game

Individual records

Most appearances
Most appearances as captain
Most points overall
Most points in a game
Most tries overall
Most penalty goals
Most penalty goals in a game
Most drop goals

References