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Zurabi Zhvania

Zhvania signed with the Hounds prior to the 2024 season. Before Major League Rugby, Zhvania spent the previous two seasons playing in France’s Pro D2 league. The loosehead prop made 24 appearances, including 13 starts, for Grenoble and scored three tries during his time there.

During the 2024 season, Zhvania started four games and made five total appearances before suffering a lower body injury in the Hounds’ week six game against the Seattle Seawolves. The Georgian-international scored a pair of tries on 12 ball carries and gained 87 meters (7.3 meters-per-carry). On defense, he completed 25 of his 26 tackle attempts.

Before Grenoble, the prop played three seasons with the London Wasps in the Premiership. Zhvania earned 35 caps with the premiership side and started 21 of those matches, adding three tries to his career stat-sheet. He was on the field for 1,565 minutes, averaging just over 45 minutes per game.

The prop’s professional career began in 2013 with Stade Francais, where he spent six seasons before moving onto the Wasps. He was a mainstay in the Top 14 club’s lineup and earned 92 caps for the team. Zhvania scored 40 points, eight tries, in his 3,037 minutes on the field and started 34 matches for the team.

Zhvania holds 41 test caps for his native country, Georgia, with a test career spanning from 2013 through 2021. He scored 11 tries in his 41 international appearances and won 31 of those contests, good enough for a 78% career winning percentage at the test level.

Position Prop
Height 5'10"
Weight 245
Hometown Poti, Georgia
MLR Caps 5