as the seasons progresses, the team becomes increasingly competitive with strong opposition against panathinaikos rfc for three seasons before beating them in april 2013. in september 2013, zaza navrozashvili left thessaloniki and greece for time, after having lived there for more than 18 years. later on, he returned to his team (lions rfc) and starting making new preparations since there were new arrivals who wanted to learn the sport and play for the team. in october 2015 the coach of lions started a serious training with the new teammates and tried to make them play test matches. in 26 of march, 2016 the lions rfc (consisted of both old teammates and new entrants) played against panathinaikos rfc in their own pitch in thessaloniki where the game was very competitive and unfortunately came with a late loss (19-22).