Tengiz Peranidze (born 6 April 1998) is a Georgian

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player who plays as a scrumhalf for

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in the

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and the

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Club career

He joined

from

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 2021, making his debut for the Georgian franchise coming off the bench in the first round of the 2021-22 Rugby Europe Super Cup. He started and scored in the final against the

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International career

He was called up to the

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squad due to an injured Gela Aprasidze, He made his debut for the national side coming off the bench in a test match against

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. He was later named in the Georgia squad for the

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, however he did not feature.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peranidze, Tengiz 1998 births Living people Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Black Lion (rugby union) players Lelo Saracens players 2023 Rugby World Cup players Georgia international rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves