Archil Kavtarashvili

Archil Kavtarashvili
Date of birth (1973-03-16) 16 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birthTbilisi, Georgia, USSR
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight210 lb (95 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1994–2003 Georgia 21 (50)

Archil Kavtarashvili (born 16 March 1973) is a Georgian former rugby union international player.[1]

Born in Tbilisi, Kavtarashvili was a speedy winger who could run the 100 metres in 10.8 seconds.[2]

Kavtarashvili played rugby union in Italy for Rovigo and was the club's first recruit to come out of the former USSR, once scoring six tries in a 1997 Italian Cup match against Parma.[2]

Capped in 21 Tests for Georgia, Kavtarashvili's international career included a hat-trick against Bulgaria and two matches at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, which were his final outings for the national side.[3]

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References

  1. ^ ""არმია" ელიტაში დარჩა, სამცხე-ჯავახეთში კი სარაგბო ბუმი გრძელდება". Sportall (in Georgian). 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Buongiovanni, Andrea (8 November 1997). "Gli implaccabili". La Gazzetta (in Italian).
  3. ^ Stone, Simon (25 October 2003). "Georgia gives birth to future as Boks shaken". Irish Examiner.