History of rugby union matches between Georgia and Russia explained

Georgia and Russia have played 24 times,^[1] 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.

Record	Georgia	Russia
Longest winning streak	20 (13 October 2002–Present)	1 (25 May 1993 – 20 October 1996)
Largest points for
Home	46 (17 March 2012)	23 (4 March 2001)
Away	36 (20 March 2010)	21 (22 March 2009)
Largest winning margin
Home	46 (17 March 2012)	N/A
Away	28 (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		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		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		21  - 29		Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2011
14	20 March 2010		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		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		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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Test matches - Team records. ESPN scrum. 2 January 2017.