Locomotiv Stadium
Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
Locomotiv Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia — opened not confirmed, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of if this venue is indeed Mikheil Meskhi Stadium: a multi-purpose venue used for football, rugby union and rugby league, and the standing home venue of Georgia's national rugby league team; no dedicated rugby league club tenancy was found.
Sourcing caveat: The match's date, score and attendance are well corroborated (Rugby League Project and Wikipedia agree exactly at 10,935; European Rugby League rounds it to "10,000+"), but the venue's precise identity remains genuinely unresolved, as explained above. Capacity and floodlight information specific to "Locomotiv Stadium" as such were not found.
Ground facts
| Opened | not confirmed (Venue identity is genuinely unresolved: Rugby League Project and European Rugby League both record this fixture at "Locomotiv"/"Lokomotiv Stadium," Tbilisi, while Wikipedia's Georgia national rugby league team article records the same match at "Mikheil Meskhi Stadium," Tbilisi. Mikheil Meskhi Stadium (opened 1952) was itself known as "Lokomotivi Stadium" from 1952 until a 2005-2006 renaming and rebuild, so these may well be the same physical ground under two names spanning the boundary of that renaming — but no source states this reconciliation explicitly, so it is published here as an open question rather than a confirmed identity.) |
| Home club | if this venue is indeed Mikheil Meskhi Stadium: a multi-purpose venue used for football, rugby union and rugby league, and the standing home venue of Georgia's national rugby league team; no dedicated rugby league club tenancy was found |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 10,935 |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| First rugby league match | 26 May 2006 — Georgia 57-16 Netherlands, 2006 World Cup European Qualifiers, Round 1 (attendance 10,935, our recorded top and only crowd) |
| Years used | 2006 |
| Location | Tbilisi, Tbilisi |
Name history
- Locomotiv Stadium — the name used in Rugby League Project's own records for this fixture
Rugby league history
This was Georgia's second group match in qualifying for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, a period of rapid growth for the sport in Georgia (a country with an unusually strong wrestling and rugby union sporting culture that has translated into competitive rugby league at Test level). Georgia scored 10 tries in a dominant win, with Zviad Koberidze and Merab Kvirikashvili among the standout performers.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 26 May 2006 — Georgia 57-16 Netherlands (10,935)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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