Tornike Jalagonia
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Date of birth | 12 December 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tornike Jalagonia (born 12 December 1998) is a Georgian Rugby Union player. His position is Flanker and he currently plays for Biarritz in the Rugby Pro D2. He was called in Georgia U20 squad for 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[1]
Biography
[edit]Trained at RC Jiki, he was recruited by the Olympic Biarritz in the summer of 2018. After two first seasons with the Espoirs team, he played his first match with the first team against Carcassonne in October 2020.
International career
[edit]He played in the 2017 and 2018 Junior World Cups with the Georgia U20, making five appearances in each edition. In March 2020, he had his first selection with the Georgia team against Portugal. He was then selected to compete in the Autumn Nations Cup. His first international try was against Portugal at Rugby Europe 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ "U20 Championship". www.worldrugby.org. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
External links
[edit]- Tornike Jalaghonia at ESPNscrum
- Tornike Jalaghonia at ItsRugby.co.uk
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Georgia (country)
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union players from Tbilisi
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Biarritz Olympique players
- Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) in France
- Georgia international rugby union players
- Georgia (country) rugby union biography stubs