Rugby player
 Aprasidze representing Montpellier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bolnisi, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gela Aprasidze (Georgian: გელა აფრასიძე; born 14 January 1998) is a Georgian professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Bayonne and the Georgia national team.
Professional career
Aprasidze was a member of the Georgia U20 squad for the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.
Aprasidze signed as a prospect in 2017 at Montpellier Hérault Rugby. He is the 4th in the Scrum half (rugby union) hierarchy behind Ruan Pienaar, Benoît Paillaugue and Enzo Sanga. Taking advantage of their injuries, he made his first start against Exeter in the European Cup.
He signed for Bayonne ahead of the 2023–24 season. Making his debut in the sixth round of the Top 14 season, coming off the bench against La Rochelle.
References
- "Gela Aprasidze". Rugby.com.au. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "Gela Aprasidze". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "World Rugby U20 Championship". World.rugby. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- "U20 Championship". Worldrugby.org. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- "Gela APRASIDZE profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
External links
- Gela Aprasidze at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Gela Aprasidze at ESPNscrum
| Georgia squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Head coach: Levan Maisashvili | |
| Georgia squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Head coach: Milton Haig | |
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Georgia (country)
- Georgia international rugby union players
- Montpellier Hérault Rugby players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Rugby union players from Tbilisi
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) in France