RC AIA Kutaisi

Rugby Club AIA Kutaisi

Full name	Rugby Club AIA Kutaisi
Founded	1966 (1966)
Location	Kutaisi, Georgia
Ground(s)	Dinamo Stadium (Capacity: 5,000)
President	Giorgi Chubinidze
Coach(es)	Besik Khamashuridze (Head Coach), Koba Giorgadze (Coach)
Captain(s)	Irakli Revishvili
League(s)	Georgia Championship
2012–13	3

RC AIA Kutasi is a Georgian rugby union team. AIA Kutasi was one of the best teams of the Soviet Union, holding three national titles, in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, AIA Kutaisi has been one of the best teams of Georgia; they held 10 national titles, both as a Soviet republic and as an independent country.

Honours

• USSR Championship:
  • Champions (3): 1987, 1988, 1989
  • Silver Medal winner (1): 1984
  • Bronze Medal winner (1): 1985
• USSR Cup:
  • Winner (2): 1987, 1990,
• Georgia Championship:
  • Champions (10): 1969, 1978, 1982, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1995
  • Silver Medal winner (4): 1988, 1992, 1997, 2011,
  • Bronze Medal winner (7): 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1993, 2012-13

Current squad

2013/14 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Merab Matkava Hooker Georgia Mirian Karchkhadze Hooker Georgia Rati Asatian Prop Georgia Mikhail Ratiashvili Prop Georgia Irakli Ulumbelashvili Prop Georgia Tariel Chkhikvadze Prop Georgia Bebu Khukhianidze Lock Georgia Giorgi Minadze Lock Russia Giorgi Chiteishvili Lock Georgia Tornike Dzagnidze Lock Georgia Irakli Revishvili Flanker Georgia Gela Shalamberidze Flanker Georgia Shalva Shashiashvili Flanker Georgia Giorgi Tsirekidze Flanker Georgia Nodar Mardaleishvili Number 8 Georgia Beka Kurashvili Number 8 Georgia

Player Position Union Zurab Tutberidze Scrum-half Georgia Giorgi Rokhvadze Scrum-half Georgia Gaga Sinauridze Fly-half Georgia Revaz Jinchvelashvili Fly-half Georgia Giorgi Zibzibadze Centre Georgia Giorgi Tutberidze Centre Georgia Sergo Kvernadze Centre Poland Gigila Khukhianidze Centre Georgia Davit Losaberidze Centre Georgia Giorgi Abramidze Wing Georgia Ioseb Kikvadze Wing Georgia Beka Toradze Wing Georgia Giorgi Pruidze Wing Georgia Giorgi Shavgulidze Wing Georgia Zurab Dzneladze Fullback Georgia

International honours

• Giorgi Minadze
• Tornike Dzagnidze
• Giorgi Rokhvadze
• Revaz Jinchvelashvili
• Sergo Kvernadze
• Davit Losaberidze

See also

• Georgia national rugby union team
• Georgia Rugby Union
• Rugby union in Georgia
• Georgia Championship
• Georgia Cup
• Georgia at the Rugby World Cup

External links

• http://www.aia-rugby.ge/
• http://www.rugby.ge/
• http://www.irb.com/
• http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/