Lexo Gugava (born 17 August 1982 in

Lentekhi Lentekhi ( ka, ლენტეხი, ) is a small town and Lentekhi District's (Raion) capital in Georgia's western region of Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, 323 km northwest to the nation's capital Tbilisi. Situated on the southern slope ...

) is a Georgian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who plays as a

wing A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expres ...

. He plays for

RC Lelo Tbilisi Lelo Saracens ''(or formally Rugby Club Lelo Tbilisi)'' is a Georgian semi-professional rugby union club from Tbilisi, who plays in the Georgia Championship, the first division of Georgian rugby. The team was Champion in 2004, 2009 and 2013. In Ju ...

Georgia Championship The Didi 10 (, "Big 10") is a semi-professional domestic rugby union club competition in Georgia. It is the top tier of rugby competitions in the country. Current Table 2018–19 Didi 10 season: List of Champions Teams 2019-20 Didi 10 ( ...

. He had 25 caps for Georgia, from 2004 to 2012, scoring 5 tries, 25 points on aggregate. He was called for the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...

, playing a single game, without scoring. He had a five-week ban after a tip tackle on Argentine

Felipe Contepomi Felipe Contepomi (born 20 August 1977) is an Argentine rugby coach who is currently the backs coach at Leinster Rugby. He was a rugby union footballer who played fly-half or centre; his last club was Club Newman, in the first division of the U ...

in his only presence at the competition.Georgia wing hit with five-week ban, ESPN, 2 October 2011
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1982 births Living people Georgia national rugby league team players Georgia international rugby union players People from Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Rugby league wingers Rugby union wings 2011 Rugby World Cup players {{Georgia-rugbyunion-bio-stub