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Ancient game feeds Georgia’s rugby DNA

Rugby’s predecessor in Georgia, Lelo Burti, has been memorialised in the village of Shukhuti in the western region of Guria. (Photo: AFP)

TBILISI – Georgia’s presence at their sixth successive Rugby World Cup since 2003 is a remarkable achievement given that they only joined the International Rugby Board (now World Rugby) in 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

It should not be a surprise, however, given that Georgian DNA is suffused with the rough and…

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