Otar Lashkhi (born 27 April 2000) is a Georgian

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player who plays at the

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in the

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and

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Club career

He began his career at

Lelo Saracens Lelo Saracens ''(or formally Rugby Club Lelo Tbilisi)'' is a Georgian semi-professional rugby union club from Tbilisi, who plays in the Georgia Championship, the first division of Georgian rugby. The team was Champion in 2004, 2009 and 2013. In Ju ...

in the Didi 10 before joining

in 2021. He was named on the bench in 2021 for a match against the

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however he did not make it on the pitch. He was later chosen to start for the

in the Currie Cup 1st Division against the

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International career

He played for Georgia in the 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship, featuring in all their matches including scoring twice against

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. He made his international debut starting in the opening round of the

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where he scored against

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. He featured in Georgia' s Rugby World Cup Warmups, starting in their record win over

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, which was played at the

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which was named after his Grandfather. He was later called up to the Georgian

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squad due to an injury to Miriani Modebadze.

References

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