Georgian national rugby seven’s team won the second match in the first stage of European 7’s Grand Prix, which is underway in Lyon. After beating Holland 24:21, Kakha Alania’s player beat Ukraine 19:5.
Ukrainians started the match very actively but Georgian defenders did well and gained control over the ball. Irakli Gegenava started attack and Merab Kvirikashvili scored drop-kick and deserved a storm of applause from the spectators.
At the sixth minute Georgian team gained superiority in the right wing of the stadium, which finally ended with Chitadze’s try – 12:0.
At the beginning of the second period our rival scored the first try, Kalmakhelidze and Ghvinjilia could not manage to stop the rival. Soon, after 25-meters run Kvirkashvilis cored try and Georgians also kicked conversion  very well. As a result the match ended in favor of Georgia – 19:5.

As for Holland, which lost the first match with Georgia, held the first period against Scotland very well but finally lost – 17:19. Kakha Alania’s players hold the third match against Spain, leader of the group, which beat Scotland in the first match 20:7. Now they play against England. The match between Spain and Georgia starts at 18:34 o’clock.

Georgian 7’s team in Lyon :  Giorgi Pruidze (“Aia”, Kutaisi), Shavleg Makharashvili (“Batumi XV”, Batumi), Davit Makarovi (“Academy”, Tbilisi), Bidzina Samkharadze (“Armia”, Tbilisi), Aleksandre Todua (“Lelo”, Tbilisi), Giorgi Kalmakhelidze (“Armia”, Tbilisi), Dimitri Gogoladze (“Academy”, Tbilisi), Davit Chitidze (“Armia”, Tbilisi), Irakli Gvinjilia (“Lokomotivi”, Tbilisi), Irakli Gegenava (“Lelo”, Tbilisi), Beka Bitsadze (“Armia”, Tbilisi), Merab Kvirikashvili (“San Junien”, France)
Main Referee: Kakha Alania
Manager: Giorgi Asatiani
Doctor: Ucha Nebieridze
Video Analytic : Sandro Cheishvili
 

European Seven’s Rugby Grand Prix 2012
The first stage. June 2-3. Lyon (France)
A group

June 2 
France - Germany 31:14
Russia - Italy 22:12
Portugal - Wales
Italy- Germany
France - Wales
Portugal - Russia
Wales - German
Portugal - Italy
Russia -France
Italy - Wales
Russia - Germany
Portugal - France

June 3 
Russia - Wales
France - Italy
Portugal - Germany

B group
June 2 
Georgia - Holland 24:21 (19:14)
Spain - Scotland
England – Ukraine

Switzerland - Holland
Georgia – Ukraine 19:5 (12:0)
England - Spain
Ukraine - Holland
England - Scotland
Spain - Georgia
Scotland - Ukraine
Spain - Holland
England - Georgia

June 3 
Spain - Ukraine
Georgia - Scotland
England- Holland

Zura Ksovreli