Vasil Katsadze (Georgian: ვასილ კაცაძე; born Potsdam, 16 July 1976) is a Georgian rugby union and rugby league player. He played as a wing and as a flanker in rugby union.
| Full name | Vasil Katsadze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 July 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Potsdam, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katsadze moved to France, where he played in AS Béziers (1999/2000),[1] FCS Rumilly (2000/01), FC Grenoble (2001/02), SC Albi (2004/05-2005/06)[2] and Villefranche XIII Aveyron.
He had 34 caps for Georgia, scoring 8 tries, 40 points on aggregate. He had his first game at the 29-23 win over Poland, at 10 May 1997, in Sopot, for the FIRA Championship. He was called for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four games, two of them as the captain and one of them as a substitute, but without scoring.[3] He had his last game at the 65-0 win over Ukraine, at 26 February 2005, in Tbilisi, for the Six Nations B, scoring a try.[4][5] He also featured for the Georgia Sevens team.[6][7]
He soon would change codes for rugby league, so this would be his last rugby union international game, aged only 28 years old.[4] He went to play rugby league for UVC-13, in France, since 2006/07.
References
edit- ^ "A quelques semaines de la Coupe du monde de rugby, découvrez dans ce @lequipeEXPLORE le joli sujet des étudiants de l'Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Lille (ESJ), deuxièmes du Prix Explore 2019. Il y est question de Géorgie, de France et de tout ce qui rapproche finalement ces deux pays". lequipe (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Vasil KATSADZE : Fiche joueur et statistiques - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ Kitson, Robert (2003-10-09). "Georgians low on finances but high on spirit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ a b "Vasil Katsadze". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Georgia". The Guardian. 2003-10-06. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ rmercer (2002-05-30). "World Sevens Stars Heading For Cardiff". Welsh Rugby Union | Club & Community. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
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