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Nodar Tcheishvili

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Nodar Tcheishvili
Date of birth (1990-12-19) 19 December 1990 (age 33)
Place of birthTbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb; 18 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team RC Army Tbilisi
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2013 Lelo Saracens ?? (??)
2013–2014 USON Nevers 0 (0)
2014–2015 La Seyne 12 (5)
2015–2017 Lelo Saracens 46 (10)
2017–2018 Chambéry 21 (0)
2018–2019 Cornish Pirates 3 (0)
2019–2020 London Scottish 6 (0)
2020–2021 RC Aia Kutaisi 4 (10)
2021–2022 RC Locomotive Tbilisi 0 (0)
2021–2024 The Black Lion 31 (10)
2024– RC Army Tbilisi 0 (0)
Correct as of 30 July 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016– Georgia 54[1] (5)
Correct as of 30 July 2024

Nodar Tcheishvili (Georgian: ნოდარ ჭეიშვილი; born 19 December 1990) is a Georgian professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Super Cup club Black Lion and the Georgia national team.[2][3]

Club career

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He joined USON Nevers in 2013 from Lelo Saracens after winning the Didi 10, where he started in the final against Locomotive Tbilisi.[4][5] He signed for La Seyne in 2014.[6] He spent a season and a half at La Seyne in the French Fédérale 1, before leaving in 2015 returning home to Lelo Saracens. Going on to win the Didi 10.[7] In 2016 he had a trail at Northampton Saints however did not earn a full contract.[8][9]

In 2017 after finishing third in the Didi 10 with Lelo Saracens he returned back to France and joined Chambéry, where he played a single season. Going on to move to RFU Championship club Cornish Pirates in 2018 signing a one year contract.[10][8] In 2019 he joined rival RFU Championship club London Scottish.[11] He returned back to Georgia in 2020, playing 4 games for RC Aia Kutaisi, winning the Didi 10 once again.[12][13][14][15]

In 2021 he joined Black Lion for the inaugural Rugby Europe Super Cup season, starting in all their games including the final against the Lusitanos.[16] He was named in the Locomotive Tbilisi squad for the 2021-22 season however didn't featured due to his Black Lion commitments.[17]

He travelled with Black Lion for the 2022 Currie Cup First Division, scoring his first try for the club in a 27–42 win over the SWD Eagles.[18] In the 2022 Rugby Europe Super Cup he once against started in every game, scoring in the semi-final against Castilla y León Iberians.

He featured in all of Black Lions 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup campaign, starting in their historic victory against the Scarlets.[3]

He signed for RC Army Tbilisi ahead of the 2024–25 Didi 10 season.[19]

Honours

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Lelo Saracens

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  • Didi 10
    • Champions: (2) 2012–13, 2015–16

RC Aia Kutaisi

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Black Lion

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Georgia

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References

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  1. ^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Nodar Cheishvili (Georgia) | Rugby World Cup 2023". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  2. ^ "Rugby - Fiche joueur - Statistiques en club". Itsrugby.fr. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Nodar Cheishvili profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  4. ^ France, Centre (2013-07-22). "Le 2e ligne Nodar Cheishvili signe à l'USON Rugby". www.lejdc.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  5. ^ "დიდი 10-ის დიდი ფინალი - „ლელო" უცვლელი ჩემპიონია!". მსოფლიო რაგბი (in Georgian). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  6. ^ "Fédérale 1 : Le recrutement de la Seyne". www.rugby-transferts.com (in French). 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  7. ^ "VIDEO. Instant magique : ce Géorgien fait sa demande en mariage après une large victoire". actu.fr (in French). 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  8. ^ a b "Nodar Cheishvili: Cornish Pirates sign Georgia lock on one-year contract". BBC Sport. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  9. ^ "ინგლისი და პრო 12 ქართველების გარეშე იწყებს [+სთრიმები]". მსოფლიო რაგბი (in Georgian). Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  10. ^ "Pirates Nail the Signing of Georgian Lock Nodar :Cornish Pirates". cornish-pirates.com. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  11. ^ Tolkien, Jessica (2019-12-11). "London Scottish sign Georgian International Lock Nodar Cheishvili". London Scottish Rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  12. ^ "აია ქუთაისი (აია) vs ყოჩები ბოლნისი (ყოჩ)" (PDF). Georgia Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  13. ^ "აია ქუთაისი (აია) vs ლოკომოტივი თბილისი (ლოკ)" (PDF). Georgia Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  14. ^ "იუნკერები კიკეთი (იუნ) vs აია ქუთაისი (აია)" (PDF). Georgia Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  15. ^ "აკადემია თბილისი (აკდ) vs აია ქუთაისი (აია)" (PDF). Georgia Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  16. ^ "2021–22 RESC Game sheet Black Lion vs Lusitanos" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  17. ^ "შავი ლომი 2021-22 | მიმდინარე რაზმი". stat-rugby-ge.translate.goog. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  18. ^ Qsovreli, Zura (2022-06-03). "ქარის თასი | 'შავმა ლომმა' სასურველი ბონუსით მოიგო". Georgia Rugby Union. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  19. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
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