In last weekend's match between Brive and Bayonne, Georgian prop Vasil Kakovin playing at tighthead prop for this match nearly set up a try in an unlikely circumstances.
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| Vasil Kakovin showed his footballing skills to good effect for Brive against Bayonne last weekend |
With the ball at a ruck, Welsh international scrum half Mike Phillips passed but no Bayonne player came forward to take the pass, and the prop showed his great work rate in the loose by getting first to the ball, and showing his footballing skills to put in a very good hack which should have set up a try for his team, only for the centre Arnaud Mignardi to show poor handling skills for a centre in knocking on with a try begging.
The skills shown in the loose by Kakovin was the sort of thing that we are used to seeing from Wales prop Gethin Jenkins so often and which is why Jenkins is one of the best looseheads in the world. Kakovin, who still only 22, has shown that he has the potential to be the Georgian equivalent of Jenkins with his skills in the loose with ball in hand, and also work rate catching the eye of the Toulouse coach Guy Novès who is targeting the Georgian as a replacement for the retiring Daan Human.
(Video: Vasil Kakovin shows his footballing skills and nearly sets up a try for Brive against Bayonne)
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