Irakli Abuseridze
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Irakli Abuseridze is a Georgian rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half. Abuseridze is currently the captain of the Georgia national rugby union team
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He holds currently 76 caps for the "Lelos", with 7 tries and 35 points scored. He played his first game for the Georgian team on 26 January 2000 against Italy
XV, in a 51-7 loss. He played three matches at the 2003 Rugby World Cup
finals, and four matches at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
finals.
Abuseridze played for Stade Aurillacois
, from 2003/04 to 2005/06, and since 2006 he plays for RC Orléans
.
Georgia national rugby union team
The Georgia national rugby union team represents Georgia in rugby union. The team's nickname, The Lelos, comes from lelo burti, a traditional Georgian sport with strong similarities to rugby. Lelo has been adopted as the Georgian word for "try"...
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He holds currently 76 caps for the "Lelos", with 7 tries and 35 points scored. He played his first game for the Georgian team on 26 January 2000 against Italy
Italy national rugby union team
The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and since 2000 compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland,...
XV, in a 51-7 loss. He played three matches at the 2003 Rugby World Cup
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
finals, and four matches at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
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Abuseridze played for Stade Aurillacois
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne is a French rugby union club, which play in Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. The club currently play at the Stade Jean Alric, which has a capacity of around 10,000. The club was founded in 1904...
, from 2003/04 to 2005/06, and since 2006 he plays for RC Orléans
RC Orléans
Rugby club Orléans is a semi-professional French rugby union team, from Orléans. They currently play at Fédérale 1.-German players:The club has recently provided a number of players for the Germany national rugby union team with Alexander Widiker and the brothers Guillaume and Matthieu Franke...
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