On seventeenth April, a break by way of second got here for the ladies’s sport in Georgia’s when their nationwide facet performed their first ever Take a look at Match.
The Georgians welcomed Kazakhstan to the Aia Enviornment in Kutaisi for 2 video games, the place the guests earned a 47-5 win within the first ever Take a look at match between the 2 nations. The Kazaks continued their profitable streak the next week with a 32-0 victory.
Teona Chitaishvili was chosen because the staff’s captain, with sevens stars Mariam Gogouadze (who scored 9 tries within the Girls’s 7s Trophy 2024) and Manoni Sagharadze becoming a member of after switching from the 15s program.
Within the first encounter Georgia had a optimistic begin to the sport, warding off Kazakhstan and even threatening so as to add some factors of their very own.
Nevertheless, the guests shortly took management of the ball and possession and locked in 4 uncontested tries earlier than half-time. Though there was no comeback, Manoni Sagharadze crossed the whitewash to attain Georgia’s first Take a look at match strive within the twenty sixth minute.
Reflecting on the day, Sagaradze shared: “It was a really emotional day for all of us. We now have all the time needed to expertise 15-a-side rugby, and this dream has now come true.
“We solely had two weeks of coaching earlier than this sport, however at the moment proved that we will compete in 15-a-side rugby. Scoring the primary strive for the nationwide staff was significantly particular given the tense ambiance and the rating at that second.”
Within the second contest, Kazakhastan was by far probably the most dominant facet leaving Kutaisi with a 32-0 victory to wrap up their tour to Georgia.
With the debut of the 15s program, Georgia may very well be the subsequent staff to affix the Girls’s Rugby Europe Trophy, a contest received by Belgium in 2025.
Georgia Head Coach Jaba Malaguradze referred to as 27 gamers for the nationwide staff’s first coaching camp and was assisted by Lelos workers.
Malaguradze had coached the sevens ladies’s nationwide staff for the previous three seasons and was the plain selection to steer the 15s program.
Of their official pre-match press convention, Malaguradze shared the happiness of such a historic day: “Our 15-woman staff will play its first match on the nationwide stage, and in Georgia at that.
“It’s a symbolic coincidence that the ladies’s staff, like the lads’s staff, will play its first match within the Mecca of Georgian rugby, Kutaisi. We’ll play in opposition to Kazakhstan, a reasonably skilled staff that has beforehand participated within the Girls’s World Cup and performs a number of video games all year long.”
