Montpellier tighthead prop Giorgi Jgenti has been a scrummaging monster all season, and his form continued last weekend against despite his side falling to a defeat against Castres.
Jgenti and the Montpellier scrum sent the Castres pack which included French international prop Luc Ducalcon and France A prop Yannick Forestier in the front row. The scrum won a penalty for Montpellier, but they were always behind Castres in the match and in the end lost 27-18.
Jgenti joined Montpellier in 2010 from Pro D2 side Oyonnax and has been a great signing for them, becoming first choice tighthead prop in his first season and being nominated as one of the best tighthead props in the Top 14, in his second season with added competition for his place from Argentine Maximiliano Bustos, Jgenti has gone up a level. He has upped his work rate aside from his main strength of scrummaging, and has lessened his penalty count, Midi Olympique named him as the best tighthead prop of the first half of the season.
The 26 year old is becoming Georgia's answer to the "Hair Bear" Adam Jones, both are very similar in playing style and Jgenti one day could improve to become as good as Jones one day perhaps.
However, despite Jgenti's scrummaging success, he has not played for Georgia in over a year and was left out of the World Cup squad (despite the majority of Georgian fans wanting him in it), which has been whispered amongst fans because of disputes between him and officials in the setup and also another two very good tighthead props in Davit Zirakashvili and Davit Kubriashvili for competition.
But with Jgenti improving further this season, it has been of the opinion of most fans that on form he is the best Georgian tighthead prop and deserves to wear the number 3 jersey, yet it is unknown whether he can solve his problems with Georgian officials to get back in the side. If he can solve them he will be very welcome back into the side.
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| Prop Giorgi Jgenti continued his scrummaging form against Castres this weekend |
Jgenti joined Montpellier in 2010 from Pro D2 side Oyonnax and has been a great signing for them, becoming first choice tighthead prop in his first season and being nominated as one of the best tighthead props in the Top 14, in his second season with added competition for his place from Argentine Maximiliano Bustos, Jgenti has gone up a level. He has upped his work rate aside from his main strength of scrummaging, and has lessened his penalty count, Midi Olympique named him as the best tighthead prop of the first half of the season.
The 26 year old is becoming Georgia's answer to the "Hair Bear" Adam Jones, both are very similar in playing style and Jgenti one day could improve to become as good as Jones one day perhaps.
However, despite Jgenti's scrummaging success, he has not played for Georgia in over a year and was left out of the World Cup squad (despite the majority of Georgian fans wanting him in it), which has been whispered amongst fans because of disputes between him and officials in the setup and also another two very good tighthead props in Davit Zirakashvili and Davit Kubriashvili for competition.
But with Jgenti improving further this season, it has been of the opinion of most fans that on form he is the best Georgian tighthead prop and deserves to wear the number 3 jersey, yet it is unknown whether he can solve his problems with Georgian officials to get back in the side. If he can solve them he will be very welcome back into the side.
(Video: Giorgi Jgenti continues his beastly scrummaging form against Castres despite his side Montpellier suffering a loss)
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