Birth name | Zurab Zhvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 23 September 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (19 st 10 lb; 276 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zurab Zhvania (born 23 September 1991 in Georgia) is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays prop or hooker for Georgia on international level. [1]
On the 9 March 2013 Zhvania made his debut for Georgia against Spain in the European Nations Cup. [2]
Club | Season | Top 14 | Challenge Cup | Total | |||||||||
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Apps | Tries | Yel | Red | Apps | Tries | Yel | Red | Apps | Tries | Yel | Red | ||
Stade Français | 2012–13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013–14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2014–15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Career total | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
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