Photo: George Olcott / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Merab "Meko" Kvirikashvili strikes me as the beating heart of Georgian rugby. Born in Tbilisi in 1983, he evolved from scrum-half to fly-half, even covering fullback, and stands as his nation's all-time leading points scorer, a staggering achievement for any kicker. That he turned out across fifteens, sevens and rugby league for Georgia speaks to a player who simply refused to stop serving his country. I am also charmed that he carries an engineer's mind off the pitch. Carrying a rising rugby nation on the strength of his boot, year after year, commands my sincere admiration.
Overview
Merab "Meko" Kvirikashvili (Georgian: მერაბ კვირიკაშვილი; born 27 December 1983) is a Georgian rugby union player. He started his career as a scrum-half but now plays as a fly-half and occasional fullback and is the all-time leading points scorer for the Georgia national rugby union team. He has also represented the Georgia national rugby league team and Georgia national rugby sevens team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Merab Kvirikashvili
- Name (Japanese)
- メラブ・クヴィリカシヴィリ
- Reading
- めらぶ・くゔぃりかしゔぃり
- Born
- December 27, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Tbilisi, Georgia Governorate, Georgia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 177 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rugby sevens player / rugby union player / engineer / rugby league player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Rugby sevens player — see all → · Rugby union player — see all → · More people from Georgia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.