Mamuka Gorgodze, player of the Georgian national rugby union team and “Montpellier” of France, will play against South Africa in World XV on June 7.

Head coach Nick Mallett named those 23 rugby players who will play in the upcoming match. Besides other players, Mallett made choice also on Mamuka Gorgodze. June 7 is a day for test matches but some international matches will also be held.

Mallett called up the rugby players from European clubs. He thinks all of them are in perfect form. It is not the “French Barbarians” where Mamuks has already held two matches it is World XV where another Georgian Davit Zirakashvili has already played. World XV played New Zealand then. The upcoming match will take place in Cape Town.

World XV

Backs: James O’Connor (“London Irish”, Australia – 44 Test caps), Drew Mitchell (“Toulon”, Australia – 63), Hosea Gear (“Toulouse”, New Zealand – 14), Sititiveni Sivivatu (“Clermont”, New Zealand – 45), Aurelien Rougerie (“Clermont”, France – 71), Rene Ranger (“Montpelier”, New Zealand – 6), Matt Giteau (“Toulon”, Australia – 92), François Trinh-Duc (“Montpelier”, France – 48), Rory Kockott (“Castres”, South Africa – uncapped) and Jimmy Cowan (“Gloucester”, New Zealand – 51). 

Forwards: Steffon Armitage (“Toulon”, England – 5 Test caps), Alexandre Lapandry (“Clermont”, France – 6), Roger Wilson (“Ulster”, Ireland – 1), Mamuka Gorgodze (“Montpellier”, Georgia – 51), Alistair Hargreaves (“Saracens”, South Africa – 4), Joe Tekori (“Toulouse”, Samoa – 26), Juandré Kruger (“Racing Metro”, South Africa – 17), Schalk Brits (“Saracens”, South Africa – 5), Andrew Hore (New Zealand – 83), Schalk Ferreira (“Toulouse”, South Africa – uncapped), Sona Taumololo (“Perpignan”, Tonga – 5), BJ Bota (“Munster”, South Africa – 25) and Carl Hayman (“Toulon”, New Zealand – 45). 

Zura Ksovreli