Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
Date of birth | 8 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Kobuleti Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb; 227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giga Tkhilaishvili (born 8 April 1991) is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is flanker, and he currently plays for Batumi RC in the Georgia Championship and the Georgia national team.[1]
Career
[edit]Giga Tkhilaishvili played for Batumi RC in the Georgian championship. After some strong performances, he was called by the U20 national team to play the JWRT. Few months later he joined the 2011 champion of Georgia, Armia Tbilisi. He made his debut for Georgia national team against Ukraine in June 2012. In October, he had a one-month trial for the Premiership's side Leicester Tigers, after a prior trial with Northampton. He impressed in defense with Leicester A in the A-League, but his inability to speak English and his absence from international matches led to him not receiving a long-term contract.
References
[edit]- ^ "Players & Officials / Giga Tkhilaishvili". ESPN Scrum.
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Georgia (country)
- Sportspeople from Batumi
- Rugby union flankers
- Batumi RC players
- Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in England
- Georgia international rugby union players
- Black Lion (rugby union) players
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- Georgia (country) rugby union biography stubs