Archil Kavtarashvili Explained

Archil Kavtarashvili
Birth Date:16 March 1973
Birth Place:Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR
Height:6 ft 1 in
Weight:210 lb
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1994–2003
Repcaps1:21
Reppoints1:50

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]

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  1. News: "არმია" ელიტაში დარჩა, სამცხე-ჯავახეთში კი სარაგბო ბუმი გრძელდება . Sportall . 9 May 2018 . ka-ge.
  2. News: Buongiovanni . Andrea . Gli implaccabili . . 8 November 1997 . it.
  3. News: Stone . Simon . Georgia gives birth to future as Boks shaken . . 25 October 2003 . en.