Giorgi Tkhilaishvili

Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
Date of birth 8 April 1991
Place of birth Georgia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Flanker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
until 2011
2011–2014
Oct. 2014
2014-
Batumi RC
Armia Tbilisi
Leicester (trial)
Batumi RC
correct as of 04/01/2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012– Georgia 16 (0)
correct as of 04/01/2015.

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

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. He impressed in defence with Leicester A in A-League but his lack of English and his absence for international matches do not allow him to get a contract.

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