Rugby: Georgia overhaul team for test against Scotland


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 22 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Autumn Internationals - Wales vs Georgia - Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - November 18, 2017 Georgia's Merab Sharikadze in action with Wales' Adam Beard Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

(Reuters) - Georgia captain Merab Sharikadze returns after injury and 28-year-old prop Lexo Kaulashvili will win his first international cap for Georgia against Scotland in a revamped team named for Friday’s Murrayfield test.

Coach Levan Maisashvili retained just six players in the starting lineup from the side that lost their final pool match at last year’s World Cup to Australia.

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