Georgian National Rugby Team, which is preparing for New Zealand World Cup (holds on September –October) got a present from “Kartu” company.
“Kartu” which builds bases all around the country, at “Shevrdeni” base which is rugby academy at the same time finished reconstruction of block of flats and captain of Georgian National Team Irkli Abuseridze was presented a key in symbolic way. Now “Shevardeni” is terminated with its stadiums with natural and artificial lawns, its training gym, swimming pool and block of flats. Newly built block of flats, which serve only Georgian rugby players is five stared and it is considered for 48 people. Besides rooms there is a swimming pool, dining room and rest room. Members of National Team paid visit the place where they will live s well as future generation. They dropped Vasil Abashidze manager of the team in swimming pool and celebrated it in such way. Then they went to training gym with heading of fitness coach Gareth Adamson. On Friday before starting the third training, “World Sport” got an interview from Rich Dixon, who returned in Georgia from his homeland on July 11.
“We pay much attention to physical preparation. England, Argentina and Scotland are physically strong teams and they will spend only 10% of physical preparation, we have to spend 20% for showing resistance. Gareth damson has been training guys for two weeks. On Monday we leave for France and we will train there for two weeks, then we work on improving tactic”-stated Rich Dixon and added that final 30-staff will be named on August 21.
Member teams of World Championship have to represent final 30-man staffs at International Rugby Board on August 22. Now there are 32 rugby players in Georgian Team and 2 of them will not leave for New Zealand.
Intensive training lasted more than hour. Malkhaz Urjukashvili gain has individual training. He was just jogging under doctor’s supervision. Before starting training he stated happily that he will train next week. But when he accelerated jogging, he suffered from pain. Tedo Zibzibadze and Lasha Malaghuridze have not joined the team yet. There were 27 players on pitch, 2 players trained in training gym. “World Sport” talked with captain of the team Irakli Abuseridze.
Irakli Abuseridze: “Before that Georgian rugby family has not had even their own stadium and now… it is not a present only for National Team this base will serve everyone, youth and age teams. I would like to thank “Kartu”, which made us such present. Now we have better terms for preparation and I hope that Georgian teams will have more success in the future.”
Irakli Abuseridze: “Before that Georgian rugby family has not had even their own stadium and now… it is not a present only for National Team this base will serve everyone, youth and age teams. I would like to thank “Kartu”, which made us such present. Now we have better terms for preparation and I hope that Georgian teams will have more success in the future.”
- You have been training under heading of Gareth Adams for two weeks….
- T the beginning it was a little difficult. We spend the first stage of preparation to physical preparation, to my mind it is the most important for upcoming matches. We are motivated, sweat much and I hope that all this will bring us relevant result in New Zealand.
- Two-week preparation is ahead you in France. Are you going to complicate training?
- Fitness coach is really professional and for avoiding injuries he complicated training time by time. We will complicate our training in France and hope that we will be well-prepared for New Zealand.
- Supposedly you will achieve better result than four years before.
- To my mind, we meet World Cup better prepared. There are a lot of young players in team, who have a big potential. It seems that coaches are high-qualified specialists and I think that we will have good result. Even French Top-14 teams do not have such preparation terms as we have.
Zura Ksovreli
