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By Matt Hardy Stepping out of the concourse and into the bowl of the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia felt like a big moment. The fatigue from travelling more than 2,000 miles for 80 minutes of rugby, equating to over seven hours on two overnight flights, instantly vanished. There, on the pitch, were historic English club Gloucester Rugby and brand new franchise team Black Lion. The Georgian outfit are property of the country’s rugby governing body and have been given a slot in this season’s European Challenge Cup, where the winners qualify for the world-leading Investec Champions Cu…