Georgia full-back battles on despite tragedy

By ALEX BYWATER
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GEORGIA full-back Merab Kvirikashvili’s tragic story is one which shows how rugby can help try and heal even the biggest wounds.
In July last year, Kvirikashvili was involved in a fatal car crash which killed his wife Nutsa, the mother of his four children.
Three other passengers in a separate car also lost their lives in the horror smash on the Kutaisi- Samtredia highway.
Kvirikashvili and his Georgian team-mate Giorgi Lominadze survived the incident which rocked the rugby world in the Eastern European country, but the full-back has since found salvation in...

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