| Full name | Dachi Papunashvili | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 20 October 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dachi Papunashvili (born 20 October 2001) is a Georgian rugby union player, he plays as a fullback or winger for Aurillac in the Pro D2. [1] [2]
He began his career at RC Army Tbilisi in the Georgian Didi 10. In 2019 he was selected for the Georgian under-18 squad to play in the Rugby Europe under-18 Championship held in Kaliningrad, Russia. Georgia went on to win the tournament beating Spain in the final with a score of 20–10. [3]
The same year he was selected to travel to Argentina to play for the Georgia under-20 side in the 2019 World Rugby under-20 Championship, featuring in 4 matches. [4]
After the Championship he was signed by Aurillac in the Pro D2. He played for their espoirs side until making his senior debut on the 21 of October 2023 starting on the wing in a 27–9 loss against Carcassonne. [5]
In 2025, he made his debut for the senior Georgian side starting at fullback in a 110–0 win over Switzerland. It is Georgia's largest ever win. [6]