Giorgi Tkhilaishvili | |
Birth Place: | Kobuleti Georgia |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1991 |
Height: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
Weight: | 103kg (227lb) |
Ru Position: | Flanker |
Ru Clubyears: | until 2011 2011–2014 Aug. 2014 Oct. 2014 2014- |
Ru Nationalteam: | Georgia |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2012– |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 51 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (45) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 16 September 2019 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 4 September 2015 |
Giga Tkhilaishvili (born 8 April 1991) is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is flanker, and he currently plays for Batumi RC in the Georgia Championship and the Georgia national team.[1]
Giga Tkhilaishvili played for Batumi RC in the Georgian championship. After some strong performances, he was called by the U20 national team to play the JWRT. Few months later he joined the 2011 champion of Georgia, Armia Tbilisi. He made his debut for Georgia national team against Ukraine in June 2012. In October, he had a one-month trial for the Premiership's side Leicester Tigers, after a prior trial with Northampton. He impressed in defense with Leicester A in the A-League, but his inability to speak English and his absence from international matches led to him not receiving a long-term contract.