Tornike Kakhoidze
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| Full name | Tornike Kakhoidze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 August 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb; 14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tornike Kakhoidze (Georgian: თორნიკე კახოიძე; born 16 August 2003) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays at Black Lion in the Rugby Europe Super Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]Lelo Saracens
[edit]Kakhoidze began his career at Didi 10 side Lelo Saracens.
Black Lion
[edit]In 2022, he joined Georgian Rugby Europe Super Cup franchise Black Lion, helping the side win their second RESC trophy, making his debut in a 25–25 draw against Tel Aviv Heat.[3]
International
[edit]Georgia Under-18
[edit]He started in all three of Georgia's matches in their winning 2021 Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship campaign.[4][5][6]
Georgia Under-20
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Kakhoidze made his debut at 17 going on to play in all of Georgia's matches for the Under-20 Summer Series, starting in a historic win against Scotland Under-20.[7] He was named in the squad for the Under-20 World Championship, starting all the matches. Including historic wins over Italy Under-20 and Argentina Under-20. As well as scoring in the loss to Wales Under-20.[8]
Georgia
[edit]He made his debut in the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship, coming off the bench against the Netherlands.[9][10] He won his first start in the 2023 Rugby Europe Championship against Germany. In 2023 he was named in the Georgia squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup warmups.[11][12]
Honors
[edit]Georgia Under-18
[edit]- Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship
- Champions: (1) 2021
Georgia
[edit]Black Lion
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tornike KAKHOIDZE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Tornike Kakhoidze". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Black lion v Tel Aviv". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Portugal v Georgia". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Georgia v Belgium". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Georgia v Czechia". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ Adams, Mariette (2023-06-22). "Players to watch at World Rugby U20 Championship". The South African. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Tornike KAKHOIDZE profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Georgia announce REC 2022 squad for the first two rounds". Rugby Europe. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ "Rugby Europe Championship - Match report Netherlands vs Georgia, le 12/02/2022". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ World, Rugby (2023-06-21). "Georgia Rugby World Cup squad 2023 – A 39-player group prepares for France". Rugby World. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ Qsovreli, Zura (2023-06-18). "ბორჯღალოსნები | მსოფლიოსთვის მზადება დაიწყო". Georgia Rugby Union (in Georgian). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
External links
[edit]- Tornike Kakhoidze at European Professional Club Rugby
- Tornike Kakhoidze at ItsRugby.co.uk
