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Val Rapava Ruskin
Birth name	Val Rapava Ruskin
Date of birth	12 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Tbilisi, Georgia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	124 kg (19 st 7 lb; 273 lb)
University	Regent's Business School London
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Loosehead Prop
Current team	Gloucester
Youth career
	Blackheath
2011–2012	Western Province
2012–2013	Saracens
2013–2014	Toulon
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–2017	Worcester Warriors
2017–	Gloucester
	Correct as of 23 April 2023
International career
Years	Team
2011	Georgia U19

Val Rapava-Ruskin (born 12 October 1992) is an English rugby union player currently playing for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby.

Early career

Val Rapava Ruskin has been in many clubs around the world. He left his native Georgia when he was two years old and grew up in England. His first club was Blackheath. In 2011, he moved to South Africa and joined Western Province to play U19 Currie Cup. He captained Georgia U19 the same year. Then, he was back in England and played a few games for Saracens Storm in the A-League. In 2013, he moved to French giants Toulon, playing for their (U23) team

Professional career

During his season with Toulon, Val Rapava Ruskin had a trial for Worcester Warriors. He made his first professional appearance for the club 20 September 2014 against Doncaster at just 21 years old. Since his debut, he has scored five tries in the RFU Championship, including two against Rotherham Titans in October 2014. On 10 January 2017, Ruskin left Worcester at Sixways to join local rivals Gloucester from the 2017–18 season.^[1]

In June 2019 he was one of four uncapped players named in England's preliminary World Cup training squad.^[2]

In the summer of 2023 he was named for the training squad of the England national rugby union team before the summer games and the 2023 Rugby World Cup.^{[citation needed]}