The star of the Georgia A tour to the UK, Davit Chitidze has won his first call up to the senior team for the series of matches in June against the Ukraine, USA and Canada.
The lock Chitidze was the find of the tour, scoring a hat trick in the first match against Esher, and then continued his form against the Principality Premiership XV, with his strong fend, he made numerous line breaks and his strong running caused constant problems for the Welsh defence. Thanks to his form, and also the unavailability of Levan Datunashvili and Giorgi Nemsadze, has meant that Chitidze will get his first opportunity with the full Georgian side.
The Georgia A team won three out of three matches against Esher, the Principality Premiership XV and RGC 1404 on their tour of the UK, and Chitidze is one of eight of the squad have received call ups to the senior squad for June.
(Video: Davit Chitidze's strong running performance playing for Georgia A against the Principality Premiership XV)
The lock Chitidze was the find of the tour, scoring a hat trick in the first match against Esher, and then continued his form against the Principality Premiership XV, with his strong fend, he made numerous line breaks and his strong running caused constant problems for the Welsh defence. Thanks to his form, and also the unavailability of Levan Datunashvili and Giorgi Nemsadze, has meant that Chitidze will get his first opportunity with the full Georgian side.
The Georgia A team won three out of three matches against Esher, the Principality Premiership XV and RGC 1404 on their tour of the UK, and Chitidze is one of eight of the squad have received call ups to the senior squad for June.
(Video: Davit Chitidze's strong running performance playing for Georgia A against the Principality Premiership XV)
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