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<blockquote data-quote="Croket66" data-source="post: 847554" data-attributes="member: 58839"><p>I don't think so. Italy's best players are playing outside Italy (Parisse, Campagnaro, Ghiraldini, Favaro) and the others players are divided into 2 franchises. </p><p>Also, don't forget the fact Georgia is ahead Italy on World Rugby Rankings, they finished unbeaten last summer tour in Pacific (v Fiji, Tonga and Samoa) and won against Samoa last November. They played badly against Scotland and loss by 25, but Italy during the last 6 Nations loss by 29 against Scotland</p><p></p><p>Also, I think the future is bright for Georgia, considering U20 will play their second U20 World Championship in a row and finished in the Top10 last year (Italy never achieved that), losing by 3 points against France (27-24), losing by 1 point against Wales (10-9) and winning against Italy. </p><p>U18 team reached U18 Rugby Europe Championship gran final two years ago after eliminating Italy and Ireland and reached the final again last year.</p><p></p><p>I don't think money is an issue, Georgia is bankrolled by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili and by the Government. The team is also backed by a a big sponsor TBC Bank and few others.</p><p>From a news on GRU website 2 days ago, billionaire Mohed Altrad (owner of Montpellier, and sponsor of France national team) is bankrolling Georgian Rugby Union and Aia Kutaisi (a club from the Didi10 = georgian first division). Georgia U18 already have the logo on their shirts</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Croket66, post: 847554, member: 58839"] I don't think so. Italy's best players are playing outside Italy (Parisse, Campagnaro, Ghiraldini, Favaro) and the others players are divided into 2 franchises. Also, don't forget the fact Georgia is ahead Italy on World Rugby Rankings, they finished unbeaten last summer tour in Pacific (v Fiji, Tonga and Samoa) and won against Samoa last November. They played badly against Scotland and loss by 25, but Italy during the last 6 Nations loss by 29 against Scotland Also, I think the future is bright for Georgia, considering U20 will play their second U20 World Championship in a row and finished in the Top10 last year (Italy never achieved that), losing by 3 points against France (27-24), losing by 1 point against Wales (10-9) and winning against Italy. U18 team reached U18 Rugby Europe Championship gran final two years ago after eliminating Italy and Ireland and reached the final again last year. I don't think money is an issue, Georgia is bankrolled by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili and by the Government. The team is also backed by a a big sponsor TBC Bank and few others. From a news on GRU website 2 days ago, billionaire Mohed Altrad (owner of Montpellier, and sponsor of France national team) is bankrolling Georgian Rugby Union and Aia Kutaisi (a club from the Didi10 = georgian first division). Georgia U18 already have the logo on their shirts [/QUOTE]
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