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Labadze retired with 67 caps with 12 tries and as the third most capped
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but failed to do so. However he received a surprise recall aged 38 to the side for the
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404:"გია ლაბაძე: "თავიდანვე მხოლოდ იმისთვის ვემზადებოდით, რომ დიდი ანგარიშით არ წაგვეგო""
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and captaining the side on six occasions. He hoped to make
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488:Gia Labadze
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341:Martin Jágr
317:SO Chambéry
266:Gia Labadze
167:US La Seyne
155:SO Chambéry
103:Position(s)
21:Gia Labadze
1014:Categories
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876:Abuseridze
860:Zedginidze
845:Nikolaenko
732:Cheishvili
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