Georgia rugby coach returns home after 2-month Covid battle in South Africa

Georgia head coach Levan Maisashvili has returned to his home country after spending two months in a Johannesburg hospital battling Covid-19.

The Lelos mentor was in a critical condition after contracting the virus following Georgia's 40-9 defeat to the Springboks in Pretoria on 2 July.

The second Test, which was scheduled for at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on 9 July, was subsequently cancelled after Covid-19 outbreaks in both camps.

Maisashvili was placed on a ventilator Netcare Milpark Hospital, and despite his lungs being damaged, he managed to recover.

He returned home on Tuesday, with Georgian Rugby posting pictures of the coach arriving back home and greeted in Tbilisi by players and members of the public.