Archil Kavtarashvili
| Date of birth | 16 March 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""არმია" ელიტაში დარჩა, სამცხე-ჯავახეთში კი სარაგბო ბუმი გრძელდება". Sportall (in Georgian). 9 May 2018.
- ^ a b Buongiovanni, Andrea (8 November 1997). "Gli implaccabili". La Gazzetta (in Italian).
- ^ Stone, Simon (25 October 2003). "Georgia gives birth to future as Boks shaken". Irish Examiner.
External links
[edit]- Archil Kavtarashvili at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Georgia (country)
- Georgia international rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby Rovigo Delta players
- Rugby union players from Tbilisi
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in Italy