Lasha Khmaladze

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Lasha Khmaladze
Full nameLasha Khmaladze
Date of birth (1988-01-20) 20 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgia SSR, USSR
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Fullback
Current team RC Batumi
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010-2017 Lelo Saracens 68 (289)
2014 Tbilisi Caucasians 2 (12)
2017– RC Batumi ()
2021-2023 Black Lion 16 (20)
Correct as of 13 August 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 Georgia under-20
2008-2023 Georgia 97 (53)
Correct as of 13 August 2024
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2017 Georgia 2
Correct as of 13 August 2024

Lasha Khmaladze (born 20 January 1988, Tbilisi) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a fly-half and fullback for RC Batumi in the Georgia Championship.

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Club career

Lelo Saracens

He began playing at Lelo Saracens in 2010, winning the Didi 10 four times in a row, between 2012–13 and 2015–16. At the end of the 2013–14 Didi 10 season he won player of the year.

Tbilisi Caucasians

In 2014 he was called up to the Tbilisi Caucasians squad for the European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition, starting at flyhalf in both their matches against Rovigo Delta scoring 2 tries in the second match. [1] [2]

RC Batumi

In 2017 he moved to RC Batumi, going on to win the 2018–19 and the 2021–22 Didi 10 seasons. He featured for the side in the 2017–18 European Rugby Continental Shield. [3] [4]

Black Lion

In 2021 he was named in the Black Lion squad for the inaugural Rugby Europe Super Cup season going on to start in the final at fullback in a 14–17 win over the Lusitanos. [5] [6]

International career

He made his debut on 11 June 2008 in an 11–3 loss to the Emerging Springboks, in Bucharest, at the IRB Nations Cup, aged 20 years old. He played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifying matches and was called for the final squad. He played three games at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, one of them as a substitute, scoring a try in a 25–7 loss to Argentina on 2 October 2011. [7]

Khmaladze became a regular player for Georgia, playing in the side that reached their fourth Rugby World Cup qualification in a row to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. [8] He went on to feature in both the 2019 and the 2023 Rugby World Cups. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tbilisi Caucasians v Rovigo". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  2. ↑ "Rovigo v Tbilisi Caucasians". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  3. ↑ Dobrescu, Petre (2017-12-16). "Campioana României la rugby, Timişoara Saracens, învinsă de RC Batumi, în Continental Shield". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  4. ↑ "დიდი 10 | ბათუმი". stat-rugby-ge.translate.goog. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  5. ↑ "RESC 2021–22 Final" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Lasha KHMALADZE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  7. ↑ "Lasha Khmaladze". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  8. ↑ Lasha Khmaladze International Statistics
  9. ↑ rugbybworldcup.com. "Lasha Khmaladze (Georgia) | Rugby World Cup 2023". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.


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