Germany v Georgia | Rugby Europe Championship 24 | Highlights

A frenetic game in Dessau where Germany hosted six-time champions Georgia in the opening round of the Rugby Europe Championship 2024

[@paulhirst7602]

Early signs from Germany, Netherlands and Belgium that Rugby Europe Championship is likely to become much more competitive.

[@BigBlack81]

And watchable! Like, full game type watchable. These are highlights that make someone want to tune into a livestream, no?

[@davider8038]

Early signs from Georgia and Portugal that they are taking steps backwards (actually Georgia underperformed at the World Cup as well and Portugal lost some of its key players like Marques)

[@Samizouza]

Lovely to hear

[@lm_b5080]

south africans of dutch descent who have moved back to netherlands have had a big impact on NL cricket. wonder if the same will ultimately happen with the rugby. would be great for the game

[@BigBlack81]

@@lm_b5080I think that's happening in a lot of sports. It's a sign of the times.

[@danielweicht7866]

It was a great game. Watched in Dessau live, and the German team performed very well. Congrats to Georgia and hopefully, rugby grows in Germany.

[@LeMerch]

is it growing there?

[@Der_Herzog]

@@LeMerch slowly but surely

[@user-kj8lq7mo2s]

From a south African SPRINBOK SUPPORTER. I think Germany done very well showing glimpses of great potential even though losing THEY must not lose heart they can and will improve there is great potential here the German PUBLIC MUST get to the games and support their team. I like what I see.

[@chessone3469]

Congrats Germany for a very good performance and increasing quality of the game, keep it up, we need more strong teams in Europe. (Georgian fan here).

[@TheDonCursino]

Congrats to both teams! So glad to see Germany able to give Georgia a proper fight!

[@madrikz.fj.679]

Fair play to Germany, they held out well against Georgia

[@HereIam-rg3vy]

Well done Germany 🇩🇪 🇬🇪 Georgia always give 💯.Respect to both teams

[@JTM1809]

Didn’t expect Germany to do this well against a team like Georgia.

[@locominyana8916]

All the way from Aotearoa NZ🇳🇿.... Way to go Germany 💪💪💯

[@geowarrior1494]

too many young debutants played for Georgia that caused such result but still happy to see growing Germany!

[@cofy3295]

Glad I found this, some tasty rugby on display,

[@MrIanito]

Love to see this ☘️

[@matthewthomas9556]

This is great!! Brilliant! Love from England.

[@gabrielefelici2551]

Grande vittoria della Georgia nessuno toglierà lo scettro a questa squadra

[@ardiethegoat]

Ein gutes Spiel von Deutschland. Allerdings waren die beiden letzten Versuche von Georgien nach einem Vorpass. Schade, dass es keinen TMO gibt. Aber nichtsdestotrotz: Hut ab vor Deutschland für diese Leistung! 👏🏼

[@Andy-tk9qf]

Great try by Germany 15

[@matthewthomas9556]

It was really good.

[@kuhnicorn1677]

Great Rugby Match to watch live in Dessau

[@hbmcgregor]

Small stadium but it's good to see it full. Only upwards from here

[@tonylittle3508]

Basically what teams like Germany need to step up to a higher league is player numbers, and perhaps top coaching input. The Auckland Blues have a 22 year old German loose forward by the name of Anton Segner who has realistic All Black aspirations. Came as a 16 year old to play NZ school rugby, ended up in the NZ schools team and then the NZ under 20's.

[@wernertukker5420]

More needs to be done, I agree. So many ex players can go to countries like these, and share their wealth of knowledge and experience with them, with the ultimate goal, to have no Tiers in rugby anymore. World rugby can also do more to ensure the longevity of the sport in these counties, but funding them more than the tier 1 nations. More exposure and leagues in these countries, will only grow the game. It should be world rugby’s most important agenda, and secondly, the laws of the game. Do that, and you’ll see a different rugby landscape in 20 years. It’s what we all want

[@locominyana8916]

& he's worked extremely hard & the results are starting to speak for themselves. He'll be a great asset for Germany, after he's made the ABs. Absolute gun.

[@edelweissproductions3973]

For Georgia, this is equivalent to a loss. Georgia played terribly. However, Georgia has a new coach and it was the first game for him. There were also many debutantes

[@watsonmuaau483]

I like this bro, it’s like a dream to have these teams in rugby now. There should be relegation matches for this, I LOVE ITTT❤🔥🔥

[@barrysamson5139]

Great effort Germany. Keep growing the game (from NZ).

[@schorschmcgill]

What an amazing game! Germany could've won if the eurocup had a video assistant like any other rugby tournament.

[@zacariahanderson]

Nikolai scoring that absolute banger of a try. For me the best individual try I've seen so far this year well done

[@jamespasifull]

I love to watch the 'lesser' rugby nations showing their growing skills! It was the same with the USA & Canada teams, back in the 90's World-Cup competitions, now they're pretty much established as good 2nd tier sides, knocking on the big-boys door!! It's the same with 2nd tier cricket sides, like Ireland & The Netherlands, just bloody good entertainment!

[@estebancienfuegos8737]

Good to see that German Rugby is slowly growing. Should be possible to compete on day on a higher level.

[@df289]

Well played both teams. Georgia are a powerhouse.

[@MrRugbylane]

Great to see such a big crowd. Germany is a sleeping giant !!

[@alexjack5158]

Nice rugby 😊

[@colchfarm0709]

Georgia in six nations finally!

[@Pi0trekPL]

Good game of rugby 👏Good commentator 👍

[@simongardner1835]

Great effort from Germany - some real class there.

[@lemeva]

Was there in Dessau, it was freezing cold I almost fucking died. Not going again. Great game tho lmao

[@user-hc1hg6gq7x]

Respect and praise their good fight.

[@MTG776]

Well done Germany from Australia! You guys are improving in leaps and bounds...

[@BigBlack81]

Germany, when did you start taking rugby seriously? Why not until now? THIS is the kind of rugby we need in the 2nd tier.

[@otumoetaipat]

Nice work Germany!! Georgia too classy though

[@seanpope6804]

Dit was nou lekker om te kyk, tyd om die springbokke aan te vat.

[@Der_Herzog]

Was a great game. But the referee was a shame, last try by georgia never should have given.

[@deplorabled1695]

I tell you what if the Germans take rugby as seriously as the UK teams do, they will become world champs. They have awesome sports systems, coaching, facilities and talent.

[@gio0793]

Imagine Niniashvili would have played.....

[@mikheilgelashvili444]

🇩🇪👏🇬🇪👏

[@Waywind420]

Considering Georgia is essentially a tier 1 level rugby nation posing as a tier 2 minnow this was a very good result from the Germans.

[@krispipermel]

look what happens when you use your back line,great try for #13 germany .

[@nataliasaralidze9432]

GEORGIEN ARE GREAT PLEYER IN RUGBY ❤❤

[@leonamirshadyan4328]

LELO❤🎉

[@pavledvalishvili3695]

რა ლელო.....საზიზღრად ითამაშეს.....

[@lukebraid6081]

Will you put the full game up??

[@Tannhauser666]

It's avaiable on the Rugby Europe site, for free, as any match live after a simple subscription.

[@lukebraid6081]

Thank you. Yeah that's where I unusually watch games live but if you want to watch replays they have the score there near the "play" button. Was hoping to watch it without knowing the result

[@christianrousseaud1379]

The best Georgian players plays in France or England and they where not in this game

[@desdasarathy9471]

in my backyard

[@kpm25]

I'd rather watch this than the 6 nations.. 😆

[@gabrielefelici2551]

Mi dispiace ma ti contraddico meglio il sei nazioni poi sono punti di vista

[@honahwikeepa2115]

Big lads 😧

[@AyeTVsco]

germany vs france in the 8 nations at some point or will rugby not catch on enough

[@JJ_CC_YY]

Rugby Europe come and try out super rugby

[@gio4269]

A very weak result for Georgia...

[@ionelflorea9055]

Why isn't a good team Germany in Rugby like England,Ireland, Scotland...?

[@randomuruk7230]

It takes time, all those other countries have been taking rugby seriously for decades.

[@davidionescu2103]

There is no reason to be happy after this match. The level was low. The reason because the difference was so small is because Georgia didn't use best players and not because Germany improved their rugby. Same for Portugal against Belgium. Three months ago Portugal beat Fiji and today they lost against Belgium. There is only one explanation, the level of tier 2 nations is going down.

[@gothestags09]

Portugal beat Fiji, a Rugby World Cup damn near semi-finalist, and Belgium beat Portugal = tier 2 going down? You think 1+1=3 don't you?

[@davidionescu2103]

@@gothestags09 Yes is going down, if Portugal will play 100 games against France they are going to lose all of them.

[@giorgimargvelani6075]

Portugal completely changed its scrum and not surprised they if they got no depth there.

[@ferretart]

Wow.. what a top drawer try by Germany n15! Lovely bit of skill, vision, execution. Also about 4 forward passes in a row on Georgias fourth try 😂 But it's great to see the quality of other teams getting better and better, more competition! 🦾