Georgia and Russia have played 24 times, out of which Georgia has won 22 matches and Russia won a single match, 1 match ended in a draw. They regularly play each other in the Rugby Europe Championship (previously named European Nations Cup). The first match was played in Poland on May 25 1993 that Russia won 15–9. Tensions between Georgia and Russia remained high after the war in August 2008, resulting in the scheduling of head-to-head rugby matches on neutral soil during 2009 and 2010.