Rugby Club Batumi LLC is a Georgian professional

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club from

Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ), historically Batum or Batoum, is the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), second-largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast ...

, who plays in the Didi 10, the first division of Georgian rugby. They have won the competition a total of 5 times.

History

Didi 10

They have won the top flight competition in Georgia 4 times over its history, the first coming in 1998–99, beating then reigning champions RC Kochebi Bolnisi. Their next title came in 2002, in an all Batumi final with the 1st team going up against the 2nd team, the 1st XV were victorious 27–10.

European Rugby Continental Shield

Batumi were invited to the 2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield, they were seeded in Pool B with Italian sides

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and Petrarca, as well as Portuguese side CDUL. With 2 wins and 2 losses Batumi finished second in their group advancing to the Pool play offs, being beaten by the

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32–18 over two matches.

Rugby Europe Super Cup

After winning the Didi 10 in the 2021–22 season, RC Batumi were invited to the

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to replace the two Russian sides after Enisei-STM and

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were suspended form the tournament. Their first match was a Georgian derby against the reigning champions Black Lion, Batumi falling to a 29–3 loss. Their first win came on the 24 September against that years runners-up, beating Israeli side

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19–11. They finished 3rd in the Eastern Conference missing out on qualification for the semifinals. They did not go on to feature in the

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edition of the competition.

Current squad

Players

Staff

Record in European games

Notable players

Internationals

* Giorgi Tkhilaishvili *

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* Lasha Khmaladze * Luka Matkava *

Anzor Sitchinava Anzor Sitchinava (born 8 September 1995) is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays on the wing, for Academy Tbilisi in the Didi 10 and the Georgia national team. Sitchinava received a yellow card for tackling a player in the air in his first ...

* Saba Shubitidze * Niko Aptsiauri

Honours

*Didi 10 ** Champions: (4) 1998–99, 2001–02, 2018–19, 2021–22 ** ''Runners-up: (6) 1997–98, 2000–01, 2008–09, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2022–23''

References

External links

Batumi
Rugby union teams in Georgia (country) Rugby clubs established in 1969 Sport in Batumi 1969 establishments in the Soviet Union Rugby Europe Super Cup {{Georgia-sport-stub