| Tornike Kakhoidze | |
| Fullname: | Tornike Kakhoidze |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 2003 |
| Height: | 1840NaN0 |
| Weight: | 930NaN0 |
| Position: | Outside Centre |
| Currentclub: | Black Lion |
| Youthclubs1: | Lelo Saracens |
| Years1: | 2021-2022 |
| Clubs1: | Lelo Saracens |
| Apps1: | ?? |
| Points1: | ?? |
| Years2: | 2022- |
| Clubs2: | Black Lion |
| Apps2: | 15 |
| Points2: | 10 |
| Repyears1: | 2021-2022 |
| Repteam1: | Georgia under-18 |
| Repcaps1: | 3 |
| Reppoints1: | 2 |
| Repyears2: | 2022-2023 |
| Repteam2: | Georgia under-20 |
| Repcaps2: | 9 |
| Reppoints2: | 5 |
| Repyears3: | 2022- |
| Repteam3: | Georgia |
| Repcaps3: | 6 |
| Reppoints3: | 0 |
| Clubupdate: | 2 August 2024 |
| Repupdate: | 14 August 2023 |
Tornike Kakhoidze (Georgian: თორნიკე კახოიძე; born 16 August 2003) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays at Black Lion in the Rugby Europe Super Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup.[1] [2]
Kakhoidze began his career at Didi 10 side Lelo Saracens.
In 2022, he joined Georgian Rugby Europe Super Cup franchise Black Lion, helping the side win their second RESC trophy, making his debut in a 25–25 draw against Tel Aviv Heat.[3]
He started in all three of Georgia's matches in their winning 2021 Rugby Europe Under-18 Championship campaign.[4] [5] [6]
Kakhoidze made his debut at 17 going on to play in all of Georgia's matches for the Under-20 Summer Series, starting in a historic win against Scotland Under-20.[7] He was named in the squad for the Under-20 World Championship, starting all the matches. Including historic wins over Italy Under-20 and Argentina Under-20. As well as scoring in the loss to Wales Under-20.[8]
He made his debut in the 2022 Rugby Europe Championship, coming off the bench against the Netherlands.[9] [10] He won his first start in the 2023 Rugby Europe Championship against Germany. In 2023 he was named in the Georgia squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup warmups.[11] [12]