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Mikheil Babunashvili

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Mikheil Babunashvili
Date of birth (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birthKutaisi, Georgia
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Notable relative(s)Guga Babunashvili (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker
Current team Black Lion, RC Aia Kutaisi
Youth career
2014-2016 Tarbes Pyrénées
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016- RC Aia Kutaisi ()
2021- Black Lion 33 (20)
Correct as of 7 July 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015-2016 Georgia under-20 9 (10)
2020 Georgia XV 1 (0)
2022- Georgia 8 (10)
Correct as of 7 July 2024

Mikheil Babunashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ბაბუნაშვილი; born 31 May 1996) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a lock and flanker for Black Lion and RC Aia Kutaisi.

Club career

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RC Aia Kutaisi

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He began playing at Aia Kutaisi as a kid, where his father Guga Babunashvili, who was also a Georgian International, played.[1] After for playing for Tarbes Pyrénées Espoirs in France, Babunashvili moved back to his home town to play for Aia Kutaisi in the Didi 10.[2][3]

Black Lion

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He was named in the initial Black Lion squad for the inaugural Rugby Europe Super Cup.[2] In the following season he was named in the Team of the Pool Phase.[4]

International career

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Georgia under-20

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He helped Georgia under-20 earn promotion to the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship, winning the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, starting and scoring in the final against Canada.[5][6][7][8]

Georgia

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He made his debut against Portugal, starting in a 23–14 win. He was called up to the Georgia squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup replacing Lasha Jaiani due a knee injury. However Babunashvili never featured in the competition.[9][10][11] In the 2024 Rugby Europe Championship he was nominated for the Player of the Pool Stage.[12]

Honors

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Georgia under-20

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Georgia

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RC Aia Kutaisi

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Black Lion

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References

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  1. ^ მალანია, სოფია (2024-05-29). "#OK! მამისთვის მიძღვნილი ყველა წარმატება - მორაგბე მიხეილ ბაბუნაშვილი". OK Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  2. ^ a b "შავი ლომი 2021-22 | მიმდინარე რაზმი". stat.rugby.ge. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  3. ^ "დიდი 10 | აია". stat-rugby-ge.translate.goog. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  4. ^ "Team of the Pool Phase: Rugby Europe Super Cup 2022". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  5. ^ "World Rugby". world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  6. ^ "World Rugby". world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  7. ^ "World Rugby". world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  8. ^ "World Rugby". world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  9. ^ "Georgia make three more changes to squad | World Rugby". world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  10. ^ "რაგბი | იძულებითი ცვლილება - ნაკრებში ლაშა ჯაიანის ნაცვლად მიხეილ ბაბუნაშვილი გამოიძახეს". 1TV (in Georgian). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  11. ^ "Mikheili Babunashvili (Georgia) | Rugby World Cup 2023". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  12. ^ "Players of the Pool Phase - REC 24". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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