Niniashvili and Tabutsadze are poised to hit the ground running

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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 26: Davit Niniashvili of Georgia warms up prior to the Summer International match between Scotland and Georgia at BT Murrayfield Stadium on August 26, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Levan Verdzeuli/Getty Images)

By BRENDAN GALLGHER

GGEORGIA
Coach: Levan Maisashvili
Captain: Merab Sharikadze
Georgia have become a permanent fixture at the Rugby World Cup with this their sixth straight appearance in the finals since they first qualified in 2003.
Initially they were almost a novelty act, a newly independent country that had freed itself from the Soviet yoke packed with big, strong, but very raw forwards. Gradually though they have developed with many of those big units up front fine tuning and
polishing their games in the professional French leagues where they were welcomed with open arms as reliable...

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