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Guram Papidze

Date of birth

June 16, 1997 (age 27)

Place of birth

Tbilisi, Georgia

Height

1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

127 kg (20 st 0 lb)

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Tighthead Prop
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016-2018	Lyon OU	4	(0)
2018-2021	Nevers	38	(20)
2021-2022	La Rochelle	19	(5)
2022-	Section Paloise	22	(5)
Correct as of 24 June 2022
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016-2017	Georgia U20	5	(5)
2022-	Georgia	0	(0)
Correct as of 24 June 2022

Guram Papidze (born June 16, 1997) in Tbilisi, Georgia is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as Prop for Section Paloise in Top 14.^[1]

Papidze began his career in France with Lyon OU before joining Nevers, which enabled him to be a JIFF player (joueurs issus des filières de formation, loosely translated as "academy-trained players").

Papidze has been a Georgian international since 2022, following his representation of the Georgia U20 in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.^[2]

Guram Papidze is part of the Georgia national rugby union team for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.^[3]

Career

Club

Papidze first experienced French rugby at the age of eighteen with LOU alongside Antoine Nicoud. In 2018, he joined USON Nevers Rugby, where he spent three seasons, playing a total of 37 Pro D2 matches.^[4]

During the 2021-2022 season, he participated in 19 Top 14 matches with 3 starts for Stade Rochelais.

Papidze joined Section Paloise at the beginning of the 2022–23 Top 14 season. During his first season at Pau, he went to on to play in 22 matches.^[5]

National team

Papidze was a starting tighthead prop in the historic victory of Georgia against Wales at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in November 2022.^[6]

Personal life

Guram Papidze played water polo until the age of fifteen.^[7]

He speaks perfect French and is a literature enthusiast, particularly favoring the works of Hugo, Balzac, Maupassant, as well as Dickens.^[7]

He is also a passionate cinephile.^[7]

References

^ "Ulster U20: Teams up for Ulster Development v Georgia U20 | The Front Row Union". The Front Row Union. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
^ worldrugby.org. "U20 Championship". www.worldrugby.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
^ "Section Paloise : Beka Gorgadze et Guram Papidze parmi les 39 de la Géorgie pour la Coupe du monde". LaRepubliqueDesPyrenees (in French). 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ Denat, Frédéric (2021-09-07). "Guram Papidze (La Rochelle) : " Pour un pilier, la Pro D2 est une bonne école "". Le Quotidien du Sport (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ "Fiche de Guram Papidze (Pau), l'actu le palmares et les stats de Guram Papidze". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ "Wales 12-13 Georgia: Los Lelos pick up historic Test victory at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lannessan, Georges (2022-01-09). "Top 14/Section Paloise. Guram Papidze, la tête la première" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

External links

Guram Papidze at European Professional Club Rugby
Guram Papidze at ItsRugby.co.uk

v t e Section Paloise – current squad
Forwards	Hugo Auradou Daniel Bibi Biziwu Ignacio Calles Mickaël Capelli Loïc Crédoz Youri Delhommel Beka Gorgadze Thibaut Hamonou Reece Hewat Thomas Jolmès Joel Kpoku Lekso Kaulashvili Brent Liufau Jimi Maximin Guram Papidze Hugo Parrou Rémi Picquette Lucas Rey Romain Ruffenach Rémi Sénéca Lekima Tagitagivalu Paulo Tauiliili-Pelesasa Mehdi Tlili Siate Tokolahi Luke Whitelock Harry Williams Jon Zabala Sacha Zegueur
Backs	Grégoire Arfeuil Théo Attissogbé Fabien Brau-Boirie Thomas Carol Nathan Decron Axel Desperes Thibault Daubagna Émilien Gailleton Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang Olivier Klemenczak Clément Laporte Aymeric Luc Jack Maddocks Tumua Manu Clément Mondinat Dan Robson Eliott Roudil Joe Simmonds Thomas Souverbie
Coach	Sébastien Piqueronies

v t e Georgia squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Abuladze Aptsiauri (replaced Japaridze) Babunashvili (replaced Jaiani) Chachanidze Cheishvili Gachechiladze Gigashvili Giorgadze (replaced Gorgadze) Gogichashvili Gorgadze Ivanishvili Jaiani Jalagonia Japaridze Karkadze (replaced Zamtaradze) Mamukashvili Mikautadze Nariashvili Nioradze Saghinadze Tsutskiridze Papidze Zamtaradze
Backs	Abzhandadze Aprasidze Kakhoidze Tapladze Khmaladze Kveseladze Lashkhi (replaced Modebadze) Lobzhanidze Matkava Modebadze Niniashvili Sharikadze (c) Tabutsadze Todua Peranidze
Head coach: Levan Maisashvili

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