Georgia, Romania, Portugal and Spain kicked their Men’s Rugby World Cup qualification hopes in great fashion, claiming bonus-point victories over Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands in the first round of the Men’s Rugby Europe Championship 2025.
Outwith the Six Nations spotlight, emerging nations jostle for position in another thrilling REC - with the added carrot of Rugby World Cup qualification.
Georgia claimed a 22-07 win against Tonga in both nations' final 2024 Autumn Internationals match, played at the Tbilisi Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Just as Wales had clawed their way back into both Tests, Georgia had done the very same.
The Wallabies have survived a scare to keep their unbeaten run under Joe Schmidt.
Bernard Laporte's Montpellier are taking a growing trend in French rugby to the extreme by loaning out nearly one-fifth of their side to other clubs next season.
Georgian fly-half Luka Matkava is expected to pen a deal with Montpellier Hérault Rugby for the next two seasons and will be the 16th signing for the Top 14 side.
For only the second time ever, Georgia was able to bring Japan's Brave Blossom down, a first on Japanese soil for the Lelos.
It is a done deal. Tedo Abzhandadze will move to Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne, joining his fellow Georgian teammates Luka Nioradze, Lasha Mchelidze, Mikheil Alania, and a few others, by signing a contract with the Pro D2 team for the next two seasons.
Georgia stalwarts Luka Matkava and Tedo Abzhandadze are in the process of negotiating the next step os their careers next step, with the Pro D2 in the horizon for both fly-halves.