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    BEKA GORGADZE

    Sep 26, 2023 3 minutes
    Main Picture Levan Verdzeuli/Getty Images

    SPOTLIGHT ON

    Age 27 (8 Feb 1996)

    Born Tbilisi, Georgia

    Club Pau

    Position No 8

    Height 6ft 2in

    Weight 17st 5lb

    Test caps 41 (11T)

    Instagram handle @bekagorgadze

    SPEND JUST a minute in the company of Beka Gorgadzeand you would never guess the issue that plagued him following the last Rugby World Cup in 2019.

    The Pau back-rower is an immediately likeable character and quick to crack a joke when we sit down together in Tbilisi ahead of this year’s showpiece.

    Gorgadze is now a Top 14 captain andyears ago when the then 23-year-old nailed down his spot as the country’s first-choice No 8.

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