Vasil Lobzhanidze ( ka, ვასილ ლობჟანიძე; born 14 October 1996) 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. His position is scrum-half, and he currently plays for Toulon RFC in the

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and the Georgia national team. Lobzhanidze was named to the Georgia squad for the

2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was onl ...

, and in Georgia's opening match against

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became the youngest player ever to appear in a World Cup match. On 1 February 2020, aged 23 years and 110 days, he broke

George North George Philip North (born 13 April 1992) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays for the Ospreys in the United Rugby Championship and the Wales national team. He has also represented the British & Irish Lions and currently has th ...

’s record to become the youngest player ever to reach 50 Test caps. On 18 December 2015, Lobzhanidze signed his first full professional contract with top French club

CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze department. They compete in the first-tier Top 14 competition. Briv ...

in the

from the 2016-17 season.

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1996 births Living people Rugby union players from Georgia (country) Georgia international rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Expatriate rugby union players from Georgia (country) Expatriate rugby union players in France Expatriate sportspeople from Georgia (country) in France Rugby union players from Tbilisi CA Brive players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players 2023 Rugby World Cup players {{Georgia-rugbyunion-bio-stub