SUN, 13 October, 2002 Georgia beat Russia by 17-13 today at Tbilissi National stadium and will join South Africa, England, Samoa anf Uruguay in Pool C come October 2003
LELOS MADE RWC'2003 FINALS
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WED,
9 October, 2002Georgia announced 31-strong squad for crucial, must-win Rugby World Cup 2003 Qualifier vs Russia, to be held on Sunday, 13 October, 2002 at Tbilissi National Stadium. Kick Off at 15 hrs Georgia Time = 10AM GMT
MON,
30
September, 2002 Georgia announced 32-strong squad for their Rugby World Cup 2003 Qualifiers vs Ireland and Russia in detail
TUE,
21 May, 2002
*Modified WED, 14 August, 2002 *Updated
MON, 9 September, 2002Rugby World Cup 2003 has been launched yesterday in Sydney and among other business, seedings, pools, venues and schedule were announced
From the LELOS perspective, one would conclude that
if Georgia qualify directly from Round 4,
then they will be placed in Pool C and play
1 ENGLAND
at Subiaco, Perth, WA
on Sun, 12 Oct KO 17:00 GeoT
2 SAMOA (OCEANIA 2)
at the same venue
on Sun, 19 Oct KO 17:00 GeoT
3 SOUTH AFRICA
at Aussie Stadium (ex-SFS), Sydney, NSW
on Fri, 24 Oct KO 15:00 GeoT
4 URUGUAY (AMERICA 2)
at the same venue
on Tue, 28 Oct KO 12:30 GeoT
but if Georgia get to the finals just via Repechage 1,
then they will be placed in Pool B and play
1 FIJI (OCEANIA 1)
at Ballymore, Brisbane, QLD
on Wed, 15 Oct KO 12:00 GeoT
2 SCOTLAND
at the same venue
on Mon, 20 Oct KO 14:30 GeoT
3 JAPAN (ASIA 1)
at Nth Power, Gosford, NSW
on Mon, 27 Oct KO 12:30 GeoT
4 FRANCE
at WIN, Wollongong, NSW
on Fri, 31 Oct KO 12:30 GeoT
Round 4 - Pool A Comment
21 Sept Krasnoiarsk RUSSIA v IRELAND
28 Sept Dublin IRELAND v GEORGIA
13 Oct Tbilissi GEORGIA v RUSSIA
Repechage 1
Round 1 >> EUROPE 5
26 Oct B3 v A3
9 Nov A3 v B3
Round 2
23 Nov Europe 5 v Africa 2
7 Dec Africa 2 v Europe 5
Round 3 early next year, home & away
Winner Round 2 v America 3
TUE,
7
May, 2002The launch of the playing schedule for Rugby World Cup 2003, to be held in Australia in October and November next year, will take place at the Sydney Opera House on Monday 20th May
THU,
18 April, 2002
The Council of the International Rugby Board (IRB) has today ratified recommendations from the Board of Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) that the finals of Rugby World Cup 2003 should be staged in Australia alone
Pool A 21 Sep W#R3 (Russia) - Ireland 28 Sep Ireland - Georgia 5 Oct Georgia - W#R3 (Russia)
On full>>
Romania took a triple honor deservedly
In a great exhibition of FIRA AER rugby, Stejari
(Oaks) of Romania defeated Lelos (Sons of the Sun) of
Georgia by 31-23 (28-6 HT, 3-2 on tries) on Saturday,
6 April, at Tbilissi National Ground in front of
45 thousand local supporters, and took home with them a
couple of cups plus easier passage to the RWC'2003 Finals
ENC'2001 Champions, LELOS of Georgia host STEJARI (OAKS) Romania at the 65-thousand National Ground in Tbilissi on Sat, 6th April, in the final round of this year's ENC, doubling as RWC'2003 Classifying tournament. The kick-off is set for 3pm Geo Summer Time = 10:00 GMT In detail >>
The guilded ANTIM CUPRugby Supporters' League of Georgia (RML) will donate the Antim Cup to the GEO and ROM Unions, and unveil it at the Official pre-match function to be held on Friday, 5th April, at 14 hrs In detail>>
Georgia and Romania have met three times so far, with Romania
winning the first two and Georgia last one. In detail>>
ENC'2001 Champions, LELOS of Georgia thoroughly outplayed the hosts,
Spain by 34-18 at Madrid University Ground on Sun, 24 March, in the
penultimate round of this year's ENC, and retained pole-position in
the Classifying tournament for the RWC'2003 European Qualifiers
ENC'2001 Champions, LELOS of Georgia meet Spain at Madrid University Ground on Sun, 24 March, in the penultimate round of this year's ENC, doubling as RWC'2003 Classifying tournament. The kick-off is set for 12:30 LOCAL TIME (CET) = 15:30 GeoT = 11:30 GMT In detail>>>
As a result of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union’s decision not to sign the Sub Host Union Agreement with the Australian Rugby Union for Rugby World Cup 2003, and in line with the process laid down by RWC, the ARU has been invited to submit alternative proposals for the staging of the Tournament.
The official announcement of the Tournament schedule for the Rugby World Cup 2003 Finals, planned for next week in Sydney, has been postponed for a short period. A new date will be made known in the near future.
RWC Qualifying Process:
** GEO secured a Bye to Stage D(4)
ENC'2001 Champions, LELOS of Georgia entertain arch-rivals Russia on Sunday, 3 March, 2002, at Tbilissi National Stadium (capacity 65 thousand) in the ENC'2002 Round 3 crunch match. The game kicks-off, as usual, at 3 pm local time, that is 11:00 GMT. In detail>>>
10
Years with IRBIt's ten years today since Georgia were
admitted into the IRB by the then secretary,
Mr Keith Rowlands of Wales, the truly
great servant to rugby.
ENC'2001 winners, LELOS of Georgia just scraped to their seventh consecutive win in RWC'2003 Classifying tourmament on Saturday, beating the hosts, Portugal by 27-23 in Lisbon, at Jamor's national rugby compound
ENC'2001 Champions, Georgia will bring their best possible
22-strong squad to play Portugal on Saturday, 16 February.
The launch will be held in Sydney on Tuesday, March 12 2002
LELOS scored 14 Tries in the process and thus set a new national record
Holland has arrived safely on SAT down, stopped at VERE PACALE hotel in downtown Tbilissi, and worked-out at the National Stadium
Georgian LELOS will assemble in Tbilissi for the opening fixture of ENC 2002 on MON, 28 JAN