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The Welsh Rugby Union and their Georgian compatriots have begun positive talks over the two teams meeting this autumn after the Lelos laid down a challenge to Warren Gatland’s side.
Wales finished bottom of the 2024 Six Nations without a win while Georgia were crowned Rugby Europe champions in the tier below for the seventh straight year.
With no official play-off for promotion and relegation between the two tournaments as things stand, last month Georgia called on Wales to play them in November.
The ambitious Eastern Europeans, who want to play in the Six Nations one day, said a game with Gatland’s men is ‘what rugby lovers everywhere want to see.’
Wales haven’t responded formally to the Georgian offer save for a short social media message.
But MailSport understands WRU executive director of rugby Nigel Walker and Georgia president Ioseb Tkemaladze have held conversations over a possible game.
Georgia won Europe's second tier tournament Rugby Europe for the seventh consecutive year
Wales endured a Six Nations campaign to regret after failing to win a single one of their ties
WRU executive director of rugby Nigel Walker (pictured) is believed to have held talks with his Georgian counterpart over an autumn international
The WRU will have to fit a potential fixture into an autumn schedule which while still to be officially confirmed, is set to include matches with Fiji, Australia and back-to-back world champions South Africa. But they have proposed a November meeting in amongst those matches and negotiations are ongoing. Wales are historically used to
