Georgian Rugby Union

Georgian Rugby Union

საქართველოს რაგბის კავშირი
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1964 (1964)
World Rugby affiliation	1992
Rugby Europe affiliation	1992
President	Soso Tkemaladze
Men's coach	vacant
Website	www.rugby.ge

The Georgian Rugby Union (GRU) (Georgian: საქართველოს რაგბის კავშირი) is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in the nation of Georgia.

History

Founded in 1964, it was part of the Rugby Union of the Soviet Union until 1991, with the Independent Georgian Rugby Union being established on May 27, 1991. It organizes the Georgia Championship, Georgia Cup, the Georgia national rugby union team and the Georgia XV national rugby union team. It became affiliated to World Rugby, then known as the International Rugby Football Board, in 1992. It is based in Tbilisi.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Georgia national rugby union team
• Rugby union in Georgia

External links

• Georgian Rugby Union official site:
  • (in Georgian) Georgian, with full content
  • (in English) English, under construction

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Sports governing bodies in Georgia (GEO)

Summer Olympic Sports

• Aquatics
  • Diving
  • Swimming
  • Synchronized swimming
  • Water polo
• Archery
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Canoeing
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Fencing
• Field hockey
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Handball
• Judo
• Modern pentathlon
• Rugby 7s
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting
  • Practical shooting
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Tennis
• Triathlon
• Volleyball
  • Beach volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports

• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Curling
• Skating (figure, speed & short track)
• Ice hockey
• Luge
• Skeleton
• Skiing (alpine, cross country, Nordic combined, freestyle & jumping)
• Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports

• Air sports
• Auto racing
• Bandy
• Baseball
• Billiard sports
• Boules
• Bowling
• Bridge
• Chess
• Cricket
• Dance sport
• Floorball
• Karate
• Korfball
• Lifesaving
• Motorcycle racing
• Mountaineering and climbing
• Netball
• Orienteering
• Pelota Vasca
• Polo
• Powerboating
• Racquetball
• Roller sports
• Rugby
• Softball
• Sport climbing
• Squash
• Sumo
• Surfing
• Tug of war
• Underwater sports
• Water ski
• Wushu

Others Sports

• Rugby League
• Teqball

• Georgian National Olympic Committee
• Georgian Paralympic Committee