Lasha Jaiani
Date of birth (1998-04-21) April 21, 1998
Place of birthTbilisi, Georgia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-2019
2020-2021
2022-		 Exeter University RFC
Wasps
Nevers		 32
0
12		 (15)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 31 January 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017-2018
2019
2020-		 Georgia U20
Georgia XV
Georgia		 12
2
16		 (0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 31 January 2023

Lasha Jaiani is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as lock for Exeter University in the BUCS Super Rugby competition.[1][2] He was announced in Georgia U20 team for 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.[3] Lasha has recently participated in the 2020 Autumn Nations Cup, playing in all four games against England, Wales, Ireland and Fiji. Announced as signing for English Premiership side Wasps in January 2021

Biography

At 14, Lasha Jaiani received a scholarship to study at Whitgift School in London. In 2018, he was called up to play for Georgia in the 2016 European Under-18 Rugby Championship. Following his graduation from Whitgift, he joined Exeter University, where he played for BUCS. He joined the Georgia Under-20 team, competing in the 2017 and 2018 World Junior Championships. He participated in the preparation for the 2019 World Cup, but was not selected in the Georgia final squad, would start for Georgia in the 2020 REC against Belgium, and was then recalled to play in the Autumn Nations Cup.

For the 2019-2020 financial year, he was voted Exeter University Sportsman of the Year. At the beginning of 2021, he signed for Wasps in the Premiership after completing his degrees (a Bachelor of Science in Sport and a Masters in Health and Wellbeing). He left the club in June of the same year, without having played for the team in an official match.

References

  1. ↑ "Ulster U20: Teams up for Ulster Development v Georgia U20". Thefrontrowunion.com. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Trail to Twickenham: Whitgift School vs King's College School". Englandrugby.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "U20 Championship". Worldrugby.org. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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