Vasil Katsadze

Vasil Katsadze
Date of birth (1976-07-16) 16 July 1976 (age 48)
Place of birthPotsdam, Germany
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb; 17 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Winger
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999-2000 AS Béziers ()
2000-2001 FCS Rumilly ()
2001-2002 FC Grenoble ()
2004-2006 SC Albi ()
Correct as of 13 July 2024
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2005 Georgia 34 (40)
Correct as of 13 July 2024
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2001-2002 Georgia
Correct as of 13 July 2024
Rugby league career
Playing information
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–2004 Villefranche XIII Aveyron
2006–2007 UVC XIII
Total 0 0 0 0 0

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.

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Vasil KATSADZE : Fiche joueur et statistiques - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ Kitson, Robert (2003-10-09). "Georgians low on finances but high on spirit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ a b "Vasil Katsadze". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  5. ^ "Georgia". The Guardian. 2003-10-06. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  6. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  7. ^ rmercer (2002-05-30). "World Sevens Stars Heading For Cardiff". Welsh Rugby Union | Club & Community. Retrieved 2024-07-13.


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