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Date of birth | 14 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasil Lobzhanidze ( Georgian: ვასილ ლობჟანიძე; born 14 October 1996) is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is scrum-half, and he currently plays for Oyonnax in the Pro D2 and the Georgia national team. [2]
Lobzhanidze was named to the Georgia squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and in Georgia's opening match against Tonga became the youngest player ever to appear in a World Cup match. [3] On 1 February 2020, aged 23 years and 110 days, he broke George North’s record to become the youngest player ever to reach 50 Test caps. [4]
On 18 December 2015, Lobzhanidze signed his first full professional contract with top French club CA Brive in the Top 14 from the 2016-17 season. [5]
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Date of birth | 14 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (12 st 0 lb; 168 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasil Lobzhanidze ( Georgian: ვასილ ლობჟანიძე; born 14 October 1996) is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is scrum-half, and he currently plays for Oyonnax in the Pro D2 and the Georgia national team. [2]
Lobzhanidze was named to the Georgia squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and in Georgia's opening match against Tonga became the youngest player ever to appear in a World Cup match. [3] On 1 February 2020, aged 23 years and 110 days, he broke George North’s record to become the youngest player ever to reach 50 Test caps. [4]
On 18 December 2015, Lobzhanidze signed his first full professional contract with top French club CA Brive in the Top 14 from the 2016-17 season. [5]