Georgia national rugby league team

The Georgia national rugby league team represented the country of Georgia in rugby league football. Rugby league was introduced there in 2004 by Paata Tsintsadze with the support of the Rugby League European Federation, and the team played its first international on 29 April 2005 against the Netherlands in Rotterdam. In July 2005 it beat Serbia 44-12 in Tbilisi in front of about 8000 spectators. The side wore a red jersey with a white cross and performed its own pre-match haka, the Perkhuli. In 2006 it was ejected from World Cup qualifying and banned from international rugby league for two years after forfeiting a match against Russia because its players were also representing the rugby union team. Rugby league has not been played in Georgia since.