TBILISI CUP: Final Day

21.06.2015
Emerging Ireland 45, Georgia 12 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)
Emerging Italy 23, Uruguay 13 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)

Briefly
The Emerging sides dominated the last day. Georgia’s performance, like that of Namibia’s in the parallel Nations Cup, was cause for some concern despite the fact that it was nowhere near their top squad.

TBILISI CUP

17.06.2015
Uruguay v Emerging Ireland in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)
Georgia v Emerging Italy in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)

Results Day 1
Georgia 19, Uruguay 10 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)
Emerging Ireland 25, Emerging Italy 0 in Tbilisi (Tbilisi Cup)

Preview
Georgia managed a win over Uruguay on day one and face an easier opponent in the Emerging Italy side.

Uruguay will have their hands full against an Irish side that won comfortably on Day one.

Predictions
Georgia to defeat Emerging Italy by 12. Score 22-10
Emerging Ireland to defeat Uruguay by 4 points. Score 32-28.

TEAMS

Emerging Ireland v Uruguay

15. Peter Nelson (Malone/Ulster)
14. Cian Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster)
13. Eoin Griffin (London Irish)
12. Noel Reid (Clontarf/Leinster)
11. Matt Healy (Lansdowne/Connacht)
10. Rory Scannell (Dolphin/Munster)
9. John Cooney (Terenure College/Connacht)
1. James Cronin (Dolphin/Munster)
2. Dave Heffernan (Buccaneers/Connacht)
3. Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution/Munster)
4. Andrew Browne (Galwegians/Connacht)
5. Billy Holland (Cork Constitution/Munster)
6. Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College/Leinster) (capt)
7. Frankie Taggart (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
8. Eoghan Masterson (Corinthians/Connacht)

Replacements:
16. Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
17. Denis Buckley (Corinthians/Connacht)
18. Andrew Warwick (Ballymena/Ulster)
19. Ben Marshall (Old Belvedere/Connacht)
20. Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster)
21. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
22. Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster)
23. JJ Hanrahan (UL Bohemians/Munster)

Uruguay

15 Jerónimo Etcheverry, 14 Leandro Leivas^Capt, 13 Joaquín Prada, 12 Andrés Vilaseca, 11 Santiago Gibernau; 10 Alejo Durán, 9 Aguistín Ormaechea /

1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Germán Kessler, 3 Carlos Arboleya; 4 Franco Lamanna, 5 Mathias Palomeque; 6 Agustín Alonso, 7 Diego Magno,
8 Alejandro Nieto *

RS) 23 Alberto Román, 22 Manuel Blengio, 21 Mathias Braun / 16 Nicolás Klappenbach, 17 Mario Sagario, 18 Alejo Corral; 19 Santiago Vilaseca,
20 Fernando Bascou

http://site.rugby.ge/en/Tbilisi-Cup-2015-FF/

EMERGING ITALY v Georgia

15 Alberto CHIESA (Cammi Calvisano)
14 Filippo GUARDUCCI (Marchiol Mogliano)
13 Giovanni BENVENUTI (Marchiol Mogliano)
12 Roberto QUARTAROLI (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma, 5 Caps)
11 Gabriele DI GIULIO (Cammi Calvisano)
10 Carlo CANNA (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
9 Simone MARINARO (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
8 Maxime MBANDA' (Cammi Calvisano)*
7 Emiliano CAFFINI (Femi CZ Rugby Rovigo Delta)
6 Sebastian NEGRI (Hartpury RFC)
5 Filippo GEROSA (Rugby Viadana 1970)
4 Federico RUZZA (Rugby Viadana 1970)
3 Giuseppe DI STEFANO (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
2 Oliviero FABIANI (Zebre Rugby)
1 Federico ZANI (Petrarca Padova)
a disposizione
16 Luca BIGI (Petrarca Padova)
17 Laert NAKA (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
18 Pietro CECCARELLI (Macon Rugby)
19 Alessio ZDRILICH (Cammi Calvisano)
20 Mirko AMENTA (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
21 Simone PARISOTTO (Fiamme Oro Rugby Roma)
22 Christian BECERRA (Pro Recco Rugby)
25 Matteo CORAZZI (Marchiol Mogliano)

Georgia

15 Giorgi Aptsiauri, 14 Muraz Giorgadze, 13 Giorgi Talakhadze, 12 Tamaz Mtchedlidze, 11 Alexandre Khutsishvili; 10 Lasha Malaghuradze, 9 Vazha Khutsishvili /

FW) 1 Anton Peikrishvili, 2 Simon Maisuradze, 3 Irakli Mirtskhulava; 4 Levan Datunashvili^Capt, 5 Giorgi Chkhaidze; 6 Saba Shubitidze, 7 Beka Gorgadze, 8 Beka Bitsadze *

RS) 23 Beka Tsiklauri, 22 Giorgi Pruidze, 21 Giorgi Begadze / 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Archil Bezhiashvili, 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili; 19 Kote Mikautadze, 20 Otar Giorgadze

http://site.rugby.ge/en/Tbilisi-Cup-2015-FF/

GEORGIA v URUGUAY: Tbilisi Cup

13.06.2015

Venue: Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

Referee:

Preview
The 2015 Tbilisi Cup gets underway today northern time. Should be a comfortable win to Georgia although Uruguay looks to be close to full strength.

Prediction: Georgia by 22 points. Score 30-8

TEAMS

Uruguay Squad

Agustín Alonso (Montevideo Cricket Club) Age 23, 9 caps
Carlos Arboleya (Trébol RC) 29, 39
Fernando Bascou (PSG) 28, 19
Matías Beer (Old Christians) 21, 5
Manuel Blengio (Old Christians) 21, 7
Mathias Braun (PSG) 28, 26
Alejo Corral (San Isidro Club, Argentina) 33, 38
Alejo Durán (Trébol RC) 24, 24
Jerónimo Etcheverry (Carrasco Polo Club) 27, 37
Juan Manuel Gaminara (Old Boys) 26, 19
Santiago Gibernau (Carrasco Polo Club) 27, 26
Germán Kessler (Los Cuervos) 20, 6
Niclolás Klappenbach (Champagnat) 33, 40
Franco Lamanna (Carrasco Polo Club) 23, 18
Leandro Leivas (Old Christians) 26, 35
Diego Magno (Montevideo Cricket Club) 26, 43
Gastón Mieres (Valpoliecella, Italy) 25, 32
Alejandro Nieto (Champagnat) 27, 22
Aguistín Ormaechea (Stade Montois, France) 24, 17
Mathias Palomeque (Trébol RC) 28, 19
Joaquín Prada (Los Cuervos) 23, 22
Alberto Román (PSG) 28, 32
Mario Sagario (Massy, France) 28, 39
Mateo Sanguinetti (Los Cuervos) 22, 9
Andrés Vilaseca (Old Boys) 24, 7
Santiago Vilaseca (Capt.) (Old Boys) 30, 27
Jorge Zerbino (Old Christians) 23, 7

Head Coach: Pablo Lemoine

Adapted from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay_national_rugby_union_team and
http://uru.org.uy/tbilisi-cup-los-teros-confirmados/

Georgia Squad

Giorgi Aptsiauri (AIA)
Dimitri Basilaia (Perpignan, France)
Giorgi Begadze (Kochebi RC)
Beka Bitsadze (Locomotive RC)
Jaba Bregvadze (Kochebi RC)
Giorgi Chkhaidze (Lille, France)
Levan Datunashvili (Aurillac, France)
Revaz Giaguri (Montlucon, France)
Muraz Giorgadze (Armazi)
Vasil Kakovin (Toulouse, France)
Victor Kolelishvili  (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
Nikoloz Khatiashvili (Aurillac, France)
Alexandre Khutsishvili (Kochebi RC)
Vazha Khutsishvili (Kharebi RC)
Lasha Lomidze (Beziers, France)
Simon Maisuradze (Valence, France)
Lasha Malaguradze (Bagneres, France)
Tamaz Mchedlidze (Agen, France)
Konstantine Mikautadze (Toulon, France)
Irakli Mirtskhulava (Tarbes, France)
Anton Peikrishvili (Brive, France)
Giorgi Pruidze (AIA)
Merab Sharikadze (Aurillac, France)
Giorgi Talakhadze (Lelo)
Beka Tsiklauri (Locomotive RC)
Zurab Zhvania (Stade Francais, France)

Head Coach: Milton Haig

Adapted from http://site.rugby.ge/en/news-view/?newsid=4490&callerModID=17363&Title=$TitleUrl$

In the other game (a non-test) Emerging Ireland will play Emerging Italy.

Prediction: Emerging Ireland to win by 19 points. Score 34-15

IRB NATIONS CUP 2014 Day 1

13.06.2014
Emerging Ireland v Russia in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)
Romania v Uruguay in Bucharest (IRB Nations Cup)

There should not be any surprises on day 1 of this IRB sponsored tournament. I guess the only complaint is that we see the same old nations fronting up for this tournament. It is designed to give match time to 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying teams from Tier 2 nations, which this does.

Predictions
Emerging Ireland by 30 v Russia
Romania by 10 v Uruguay

Squads

Emerging Ireland Squad for IRB Nations Cup

PROPS
Rodney Ah You (Connacht)
Michael Bent (Leinster - 3 caps)
Callum Black (Ulster)
John Ryan (Munster)
James Tracy (Leinster)

HOOKERS
Niall Annett (Ulster)
Bryan Byrne (Clontarf)

LOCKS
Robin Copeland (Cardiff Blues)
David Foley (Munster)
Mick Kearney (Connacht)

BACKROW
Paddy Butler (Munster)
Sean Dougall (Munster)
Mike McCarthy (Leinster - 16 caps)
Tommy O'Donnell (Munster - 4 caps)
Dominic Ryan (Leinster)

SCRUMHALVES
Paul Marshall (Ulster - 3 caps)
Luke McGrath (Leinster)

FLYHALVES
JJ Hanrahan (Munster)
Ian Keatley (Munster - 2 caps)

CENTRES
Eoin Griffin (Connacht)
Brendan Macken (Leinster)
Noel Reid (Leinster)

WINGERS
Michael Allen (Ulster)
Craig Gilroy (Ulster - 6 caps)

FULLBACKS
Andrew Conway (Munster)
Johne Murphy (Munster - 2 caps)

http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4527&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=30

Romania
1. Constantin Pristavita (Baia Mare)
2. Otar Turashvili (Farul Constanta)
3. Horatiu Pungea (Scarlets)
4. Valentin Poparlan (RCM Timisoara)
5. Marius Sarbe (Tarbes)
6. Viorel Lucaci (Steaua)
7. Mihai Macovei (Massy) - captain
8. Daniel Carpo (RCM Timisoara)
9. Florin Surugiu (CSM Bucuresti)
10. Filip Lazar (St. Jean D'Angely)
11. Florin Ionita (Steaua)
12. Florin Vlaicu (Farul Constanta)
13. Csaba Gal (Baia Mare)
14. Ionut Dumitru (Steaua)
15. Gabriel Conache (RCM Timisoara)
16. Eugen Capatana (RCM Timisoara)
17. Alex Tarus (RCM Timisoara
18. Dorin Lazar (RCM Timisoara)
19. Vlad Nistor (Castres)
20. Robert Dascalu (Steaua)
21. Valentin Ivan (CSM Bucuresti)
22. Daniel Statulescu (CSM Bucuresti)

http://t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=125

Uruguay
1. Alejo Corral
2. Nicolas Klappenbach (Captain)
3. Juan Echeverria
4. Cristofer Soares de Lima
5. Franco Lamanna
6. Juan de Freitas
7. Diego Magno
8. Alejandro Nieto
9. Guillermo Lijenstein
10. Alejo Duran
11. Gaston Gibernau
12. Alberto Roman
13. Joaquin Prada
14. Santiago Gibernau
15. Gaston Mieres
16. Carlos Arboleya
17. Mateo Sanguinetti
18. Mathias Braun
19. Fernando Bascou
20. Agustin Alonso
21. Jeronimo Etcheverry
22. Federico Favaro

http://t2rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=125

Russia
1. Alexey Volkov
2. Stanislav Selsky
3. Sergey Sekisov
4. Alexander Voytov (Captain)
5. Denis Antonov
6. Andrey Garbuzov
7. Andrey Temnov
8. Viktor Gresev
9. Alexander Yanyushkin
10. Ramil Gaysin
11. Igor Galinovskiy
12. Alexey Makovetskiy
13. Herman Davydov
14. Mikhail Babaev
15. Igor Klyuchnikov
16. Valery Tsnobiladze
17. Grigory Tsnobiladze
18. Alexander Bezverkhov
19. Artem Fatakhov
20. Pavel Butenko
21. Alexey Shcherban
22. Sergey Yanyushkin

EMERGING IRELAND SQUAD FOR TIBLISI CUP

PROPS
Rodney Ah You (Connacht)
Michael Bent (Leinster - 3 caps)
Callum Black (Ulster)
John Ryan (Munster)
James Tracy (Leinster)

HOOKERS
Niall Annett (Ulster)
Bryan Byrne (Clontarf)

LOCKS
Robin Copeland (Cardiff Blues)
David Foley (Munster)
Mick Kearney (Connacht)

BACKROW
Paddy Butler (Munster)
Sean Dougall (Munster)
Mike McCarthy (Leinster - 16 caps)
Tommy O'Donnell (Munster - 4 caps)
Dominic Ryan (Leinster)

SCRUMHALVES
Paul Marshall (Ulster - 3 caps)
Luke McGrath (Leinster)

FLYHALVES
JJ Hanrahan (Munster)
Ian Keatley (Munster - 2 caps)

CENTRES
Eoin Griffin (Connacht)
Brendan Macken (Leinster)
Noel Reid (Leinster)

WINGERS
Michael Allen (Ulster)
Craig Gilroy (Ulster - 6 caps)

FULLBACKS
Andrew Conway (Munster)
Johne Murphy (Munster - 2 caps)

http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4527&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=30

TEST RUGBY RESULTS 11-12 JUNE

11.06.2013
South Africa Pres. XV 19, Emerg. Ireland 8 in Tblisi (IRB Tblisi Cup) Non-test
Georgia 27, Uruguay 3 in Tblisi (IRB Tblisi Cup)
Namibia 35, Senegal 12 in Dakar (WCQ Africa; CAR Africa Cup, Div.1B)
Tunisia 43, Botswana 12 in Dakar (WCQ Africa; CAR Africa Cup, Div.1B)

Briefly
Namibia v Tunisia in 1B final on Saturday to decide who goes up to Division 1A in 2014. Senegal and Botswana scrap to decide who gets relegated to 1C in 2014.