Georgia and Romania have played each other on 29 occasions. Georgia have won 19 times, Romania 9 times and 1 match has been drawn. They regularly play each other in the Rugby Europe Championship (previously named European Nations Cup).

The first match was played on 18 November 1998 at Lansdowne Road and was won by Romania 27–23.

The two sides have played each other once in a Rugby World Cup game in the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. Georgia won the match 25–9.

Antim Cup

Since 2002, the winner of Georgia – Romania matches have been awarded the Antim Cup. It is named after the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Anthim the Iberian, who came from Georgia. The Antim Cup is contested each time Georgia and Romania meet in a senior international match other than World Cup matches or qualifiers. The holder retains the cup unless the challenger wins the match in normal time. It is challenge cup along the lines of the Calcutta Cup and Bledisloe Cups to be annually played for between the Georgians and the Romanians.

Summary Overall Georgia and Romania have played each other on Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup qualification and in annual tournament - Rugby Europe Championship Details Played Won by Won by Drawn Georgia points Romania points In Georgia171430517244 In Romania12651191207 Neutral venue21104836Overall312191756487

Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. RecordGeorgiaRomaniaLongest winning streak8 (18 March 2018 – present)3 (6 Apr 2002 – 12 Mar 2005)Largest points forHome56 (12 August 2023)35 (25 February 2006)Away31 (7 April 2001)31 (6 April 2002)Largest winning marginHome50 (12 August 2023)25 (25 February 2006)Away16 (28 September 2011)13 (30 March 2003)

Results No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition 1 18 November 1998 Lansdowne Road, Dublin (Ireland) 23–27 1999 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2 2 April 2000 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 20–23 2000 European Nations Cup 3 7 April 2001 Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest 20–31 2000–01 European Nations Cup 4 6 April 2002 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 23–31 2001–02 European Nations Cup 5 30 March 2003 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 6–19 2003–04 European Nations Cup 6 27 March 2004 Agronomia Stadium, Iași 25–18 7 12 March 2005 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 20–13 2004–06 European Nations Cup 8 25 February 2006 Stadionul Ghencea II, Bucharest 35–10 9 7 October 2006 Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest 20–8 2007 Rugby World Cup Qualifying 10 3 February 2007 Stadionul Dinamo II, Bucharest 17–20 2006–08 European Nations Cup 11 9 February 2008 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 22–7 12 14 March 2009 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 28–23 2008–10 European Nations Cup 13 13 March 2010 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest 22–10 14 12 March 2011 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 18–11 2010–12 European Nations Cup 15 28 September 2011 Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North (New Zealand) 25–9 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool match 16 10 March 2012 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest 13–19 2010–12 European Nations Cup 17 16 March 2013 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest 9–9draw 2012–14 European Nations Cup 18 15 March 2014 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 22–9 19 21 March 2015 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest 6–15 2014–16 European Nations Cup 20 19 March 2016 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 38–9 21 19 March 2017 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest 8–7 2017 Rugby Europe Championship 22 18 March 2018 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 25–16 2018 Rugby Europe Championship 23 9 February 2019 Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca 9–18 2019 Rugby Europe Championship 24 1 February 2020 Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi 41–13 2020 Rugby Europe Championship 25 28 March 2021 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 28–17 2021 Rugby Europe Championship 26 12 March 2022 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest 23–26 2022 Rugby Europe Championship 27 5 March 2023 Achvala Stadium, Tbilisi 31–7 2023 Rugby Europe Championship 28 12 August 2023 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 56–6 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches 29 2 March 2024 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 43–5 2024 Rugby Europe Championship301 March 2025Achvala Stadium, Tbilisi 43–52025 Rugby Europe Championship

See also History of rugby union matches between Georgia and Russia

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