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Georgian rugby union player Rugby player
Mikheil Babunashvili
Date of birth (1996-05-31) 31 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birthKutaisi, Georgia
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb)
Notable relative(s)Guga Babunashvili (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker
Current team Black Lion, RC Aia Kutaisi
Youth career
2014-2016 Tarbes Pyrénées
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016- RC Aia Kutaisi ()
2021- Black Lion 33 (20)
Correct as of 7 July 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015-2016 Georgia under-20 9 (10)
2020 Georgia XV 1 (0)
2022- Georgia 8 (10)
Correct as of 7 July 2024

Mikheil Babunashvili (Georgian: მიხეილ ბაბუნაშვილი; born 31 May 1996) is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a lock and flanker for Black Lion and RC Aia Kutaisi.

Club career

RC Aia Kutaisi

He began playing at Aia Kutaisi as a kid, where his father Guga Babunashvili, who was also a Georgian International, played. After for playing for Tarbes Pyrénées Espoirs in France, Babunashvili moved back to his home town to play for Aia Kutaisi in the Didi 10.

Black Lion

He was named in the initial Black Lion squad for the inaugural Rugby Europe Super Cup. In the following season he was named in the Team of the Pool Phase.

International career

Georgia under-20

He helped Georgia under-20 earn promotion to the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship, winning the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, starting and scoring in the final against Canada.

Georgia

He made his debut against Portugal, starting in a 23–14 win. He was called up to the Georgia squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup replacing Lasha Jaiani due a knee injury. However Babunashvili never featured in the competition. In the 2024 Rugby Europe Championship he was nominated for the Player of the Pool Stage.

Honors

Georgia under-20

Georgia

RC Aia Kutaisi

Black Lion

References

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External links

Georgia squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
Backs
Head coach: Levan Maisashvili
Black Lion – 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup squad
Forwards
Backs
Coach
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