Otar Eloshvili
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Otar Eloshvili is a Georgian rugby union footballer. He plays as a centre and as a wing.
Eloshvili played in France
for Compiègne, Rugby Club d'Arras
, in 2006/07, Sporting Nazairien Rugby (2007/08-2008/09), Marcq en Barouel (2009/10) and currently for Grasse, since 2010/11.
He has 11 caps for Georgia
, with 2 tries scored, 10 points in aggregate, from 2002 to 2007. He was present at the 2003 Rugby World Cup
, playing one match, and at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
, playing three matches. He suffered a 7 week ban after a spear tackle
during the 64-7 loss to France
. He's been absent from his national team since then.
Eloshvili played in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
for Compiègne, Rugby Club d'Arras
Rugby Club d'Arras
Rugby Club d'Arras is a French rugby union team, from Arras. They currently play at Fédérale 1....
, in 2006/07, Sporting Nazairien Rugby (2007/08-2008/09), Marcq en Barouel (2009/10) and currently for Grasse, since 2010/11.
He has 11 caps for Georgia
Georgia national rugby union team
The Georgia national rugby union team represents Georgia in rugby union. The team's nickname, The Lelos, comes from lelo burti, a traditional Georgian sport with strong similarities to rugby. Lelo has been adopted as the Georgian word for "try"...
, with 2 tries scored, 10 points in aggregate, from 2002 to 2007. He was present at the 2003 Rugby World Cup
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
, playing one match, and at the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
, playing three matches. He suffered a 7 week ban after a spear tackle
Spear tackle
A spear tackle is a dangerous tackle in rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football whereby a player lifts another player into the air and dumps or drops them upside down...
during the 64-7 loss to France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
. He's been absent from his national team since then.