2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup

Tournament details

Countries

Emerging Ireland

Emerging Italy

Georgia

Uruguay

Date

13 – 21 June 2015

Tournament statistics

Teams

Matches played

Tries scored

26 (4.33 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Carlo Canna (29)

Top try scorer(s)

Andrew Conway (3)

Final

Champions

Emerging Ireland (1st title)

Runner-up

Emerging Italy

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The 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup was the third edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby. It was played from 13 to 21 June 2015 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi, running alongside the 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup in Romania. The hosts Georgia were joined by 2015 Rugby World Cup counterparts Uruguay, and development sides Emerging Ireland and Emerging Italy.

Emerging Ireland won the tournament with three from three victories, taking the Tbilisi Cup for their first ever time.^[1]^[2]

Standings

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points	Points
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Bonus points	Points
1	Emerging Ireland	3	3	0	0	103	19	+84	15	3	3	15
2	Emerging Italy	3	2	0	1	49	48	+1	4	6	0	8
3	Georgia	3	1	0	2	41	81	–40	4	9	0	4
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	30	75	–45	3	8	0	0
Source : www.worldrugby.org Points breakdown: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures

The fixtures were announced on 6 May 2015.^[3]

Round 1

13 June 2015
17:00 GET (UTC+4)

Emerging Italy	0–25	Emerging Ireland
	Match stats Report	Try: Griffin 13' m Conway 24' m McCloskey 27' c O'Halloran 80' c Con: Hanrahan (1/4) 28' Pen: Hanrahan (1/1) 5'

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


FB	15	Alberto Chiesa (c)
RW	14	Filippo Guarducci		20'	29'	55'	66'
OC	13	Roberto Quartaroli
IC	12	Giovanni Massaro		28'
LW	11	Gabriele Di Giulio
FH	10	Carlo Canna
SH	9	Simone Marinaro
N8	8	Maxime Mbandà
OF	7	Emiliano Caffini		45'
BF	6	Matteo Corazzi		54'
RL	5	Filippo Gerosa		72'
LL	4	Federico Ruzza
TP	3	George Giovani Iacob				50'
HK	2	Luca Bigi		40'
LP	1	Federico Zani	18' to 28'	52'		55'	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Oliviero Fabiani		40'
PR	17	Giuseppe Di Stefano		52'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli	55' to 65'	20'	29'	50'
FL	19	Alessio Zdrilich		54'
N8	20	Mirko Amenta		72'
SH	21	Simone Parisotto
CE	22	Giovanni Benvenuti		28'
LK	23	Sebastian Negri		45'
Coach:
Umberto Casellato


FB	15	Tiernan O'Halloran
RW	14	Andrew Conway		61'
OC	13	Eoin Griffin
IC	12	Stuart McCloskey		66'
LW	11	Matt Healy
FH	10	J. J. Hanrahan
SH	9	Luke McGrath		59'
N8	8	Jack Conan
OF	7	Dan Leavy
BF	6	Rhys Ruddock (c)		55'
RL	5	Billy Holland		62'
LL	4	Ben Marshall
TP	3	Stephen Archer		54'
HK	2	Rob Herring		50'
LP	1	Denis Buckley		54'
Replacements:
PR	16	Dave Heffernan		50'
HK	17	Andrew Warwick	74' to 80'	54'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham		54'
FL	19	Andrew Browne		62'
FL	20	Eoghan Masterson		55'
SH	21	John Cooney		59'
FH	22	Rory Scannell		66'
FB	23	Peter Nelson		61'
Coach:
Allen Clarke

13 June 2015
19:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	19–10	Uruguay
Try: Mikautadze 7' c Con: Tsiklauri (1/1) 8' Pen: Tsiklauri (3/6) 12', 38', 66' Malaghuradze (1/1) 80'	Match stats	Try: Gibernau 30' c Con: Ormaechea (1/1) 31' Pen: Ormaechea (1/2) 15'

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)


FB	15	Beka Tsiklauri
RW	14	Giorgi Aptsiauri
OC	13	Revaz Gigauri		63'
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze		79'
LW	11	Giorgi Pruidze
FH	10	Lasha Malaghuradze
SH	9	Giorgi Begadze		63'
N8	8	Beka Bitsadz
OF	7	Lasha Lomidze	30' to 60'
BF	6	Saba Shubitidze		25'	33'	60'
RL	5	Konstantin Mikautadze		54'
LL	4	Levan Datunashvili (c)
TP	3	Nikoloz Khatiashvili	22' to 32'			71'
HK	2	Jaba Bregvadze		79'
LP	1	Giorgi Tetrashvili		60'
Replacements:
PR	16	Giorgi Tedoradze		79'
HK	17	Archil Bezhiashvili		60'
PR	18	Irakli Mirtskhulava		25'	33'	71'
LK	19	Giorgi Chkhaidze	61' to 71'	54'
FL	20	Beka Gorgadze		60'
SH	21	Vazha Khutsishvili		63'
CE	22	Giorgi Talakhadze		79'
WG	23	Tamaz Mtchedlidze		63'
Coach:
Milton Haig


FB	15	Gastón Mieres
RW	14	Leandro Leivas		53'
OC	13	Joaquín Prada
IC	12	Alberto Román
LW	11	Santiago Gibernau
FH	10	Manuel Blengio		71'
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea
N8	8	Juan Manuel Gaminara
OF	7	Fernando Bascou		53'
BF	6	Matías Beer		73'
RL	5	Jorge Zerbino	52' to 62'	73'
LL	4	Santiago Vilaseca (c)
TP	3	Mario Sagario		47'
HK	2	Nicolás Klappenbach		47'
LP	1	Alejo Corral		63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Germán Kessler		47'
PR	17	Carlos Arboleya		47'
PR	18	Mateo Sanguinetti		63'
LK	19	Mathias Palomeque		73'
FL	20	Diego Magno		53'
N8	21	Mathias Braun		73'
SH	22	Alejo Durán		71'
WG	23	Jerónimo Etcheverry		53'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Round 2

17 June 2015
17:00 GET (UTC+4)

Uruguay	7–33	Emerging Ireland
Try: Penalty try 71' c Con: Ormaechea (1/1) 72'	Match stats Report	Try: Conway 5' c Cooney 10' m Kelleher 13' c Penalty try 40' c Marshall 79' c Con: Scannell (4/5) 6', 15', 40', 80'

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)


FB	15	Jerónimo Etcheverry		70'
RW	14	Leandro Leivas (c)
OC	13	Joaquín Prada		65'
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca
LW	11	Santiago Gibernau
FH	10	Alejo Durán
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7	Diego Magno		64'
BF	6	Agustín Alonso	38' to 48'	65'
RL	5	Mathias Palomeque		40'
LL	4	Franco Lamanna
TP	3	Carlos Arboleya		56'
HK	2	Germán Kessler		52'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti		52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Nicolás Klappenbach		52'
PR	17	Mario Sagario		56'
PR	18	Alejo Corral		52'
LK	19	Santiago Vilaseca		64'
FL	20	Fernando Bascou		65'
N8	21	Mathias Braun		40'
FH	22	Manuel Blengio		65'
CE	23	Alberto Román		70'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine


FB	15	Peter Nelson
RW	14	Cian Kelleher	62' to 72'
OC	13	Eoin Griffin
IC	12	Noel Reid
LW	11	Andrew Conway
FH	10	Rory Scannell
SH	9	John Cooney
N8	8	Eoghan Masterson		60'
OF	7	Frankie Taggart
BF	6	Rhys Ruddock (c)
RL	5	Billy Holland		50'
LL	4	Andrew Browne
TP	3	Stephen Archer		50'
HK	2	Dave Heffernan		60'
LP	1	James Cronin		59'
Replacements:
PR	16	Rob Herring		60'
HK	17	Denis Buckley		59'
PR	18	Andrew Warwick		50'
FL	19	Ben Marshall		50'
FL	20	Dan Leavy
N8	21	Jack Conan		60'
SH	22	Luke McGrath
FH	23	J. J. Hanrahan
Coach:
Allen Clarke

17 June 2015
19:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	10–26	Emerging Italy
Try: Gorgadze 80' c Con: Tsiklauri (1/1) 80' Pen: Malaghuradze (1/1) 8'	Match stats	Try: Marinaro 58' c Mbandà 65' c Con: Canna (2/2) 58', 65' Pen: Canna (3/3) 5', 58', 62' Drop: Canna (1/1) 42'

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)


FB	15	Giorgi Aptsiauri
RW	14	Muraz Giorgadze	61' to 71'
OC	13	Giorgi Talakhadze		54'
IC	12	Tamaz Mtchedlidze
LW	11	Alexandre Khutsishvili
FH	10	Lasha Malaghuradze		13'
SH	9	Vazha Khutsishvili		58'
N8	8	Beka Bitsadz
OF	7	Beka Gorgadze
BF	6	Saba Shubitidze		31'
RL	5	Giorgi Chkhaidze
LL	4	Levan Datunashvili (c)		56'
TP	3	Irakli Mirtskhulava		52'
HK	2	Simon Maisuradze		52'
LP	1	Anton Peikrishvili		52'
Replacements:
PR	16	Jaba Bregvadze		52'
HK	17	Archil Bezhiashvili		52'
PR	18	Nikoloz Khatiashvili		52'
LK	19	Konstantin Mikautadze		56'
FL	20	Otar Giorgadze		31'
SH	21	Giorgi Begadze		58'
WG	22	Giorgi Pruidze		13'
FB	23	Beka Tsiklauri		54'
Coach:
Milton Haig


FB	15	Alberto Chiesa (c)
RW	14	Filippo Guarducci
OC	13	Giovanni Benvenuti
IC	12	Roberto Quartaroli
LW	11	Gabriele Di Giulio
FH	10	Carlo Canna
SH	9	Simone Marinaro	78'
N8	8	Maxime Mbandà
OF	7	Emiliano Caffini
BF	6	Sebastian Negri
RL	5	Filippo Gerosa
LL	4	Federico Ruzza	77'
TP	3	Giuseppe Di Stefano	72'
HK	2	Oliviero Fabiani	51'
LP	1	Federico Zani	51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi	72'
PR	17	Laert Naka	51'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli	51'
FL	19	Alessio Zdrilich
FL	20	Mirko Amenta	77'
SH	21	Simone Parisotto	78'
FB	22	Christian Becerra
LK	23	Matteo Corazzi
Coach:
Umberto Casellato

Round 3

21 June 2015
17:00 GET (UTC+4)

Uruguay	13–23	Emerging Italy
Try: Arboleya 72' c Con: Ormaechea (1/1) 73' Pen: Ormaechea (1/2) 30' Drop: Durán (1/1) 8'	Match stats	Try: Fabiani 26' c Di Giulio 39' c Con: Canna (2/2) 27', 40' Pen: Canna (2/2) 12', 75' Drop: Canna (1/1) 77'

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)


FB	15	Gastón Mieres
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Joaquín Prada
IC	12	Alberto Román		78'
LW	11	Santiago Gibernau
FH	10	Alejo Durán
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea		78'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto		78'
OF	7	Matías Beer
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara	18' to 28'
RL	5	Jorge Zerbino
LL	4	Santiago Vilaseca (c)		52'
TP	3	Carlos Arboleya
HK	2	Nicolás Klappenbach		51'
LP	1	Alejo Corral		40'
Replacements:
PR	16	Mario Sagario		51'
PR	17	Mateo Sanguinetti	59' to 69'	40'
FL	18	Agustín Alonso
LK	19	Franco Lamanna		52'
FL	20	Diego Magno
FL	21	Fernando Bascou		78'
FH	22	Manuel Blengio		78'
CE	23	Andrés Vilaseca		78'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine


FB	15	Alberto Chiesa (c)
RW	14	Filippo Guarducci
OC	13	Giovanni Benvenuti
IC	12	Roberto Quartaroli
LW	11	Gabriele Di Giulio
FH	10	Carlo Canna
SH	9	Simone Marinaro		78'
N8	8	Maxime Mbandà		44'
OF	7	Emiliano Caffini
BF	6	Sebastian Negri
RL	5	Alessio Zdrilich		45'
LL	4	Federico Ruzza
TP	3	Pietro Ceccarelli		59'
HK	2	Oliviero Fabiani	64' to 74'
LP	1	Federico Zani		53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi
PR	17	Laert Naka		53'
PR	18	Giuseppe Di Stefano		59'
LK	19	Filippo Gerosa		45'
FL	20	Matteo Corazzi
SH	21	Simone Parisotto
FB	22	Christian Becerra
N8	23	Mirko Amenta		44'
Coach:
Umberto Casellato

21 June 2015
19:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	12–45	Emerging Ireland
Try: Lomidze 6' m Penalty try 55' c Con: Tsiklauri (1/2) 55' Drop: Tsiklauri (0/1)	Match stats Report	Try: Penalty try 31' c Healy (2) 45' c, 66' c Masterson 49' c Conway 72' c Bealham 74' c Con: Hanrahan (6/6) 32', 45', 50', 67', 73', 75' Pen: Hanrahan (1/2) 18'

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


FB	15	Beka Tsiklauri
RW	14	Alexandre Khutsishvili	47' to 57'
OC	13	Revaz Gigauri
IC	12	Tamaz Mtchedlidze
LW	11	Giorgi Pruidze		59'
FH	10	Mamuka Ninidze
SH	9	Giorgi Begadze		64'
N8	8	Lasha Lomidze		35'
OF	7	Giorgi Chkhaidze
BF	6	Beka Bitsadze
RL	5	Konstantin Mikautadze
LL	4	Levan Datunashvili (c)		11'
TP	3	Anton Peikrishvili		48'
HK	2	Simon Maisuradze		48'
LP	1	Zurab Zhvania		73'
Replacements:
PR	16	Jaba Bregvadze		48'
HK	17	Giorgi Tetrashvili		73'
PR	18	Irakli Mirtskhulava		48'
LK	19	Otar Giorgadze		11'
FL	20	Saba Shubitidze		35'
SH	21	Vazha Khutsishvili		64'
FH	22	Irakli Svanidze		59'
WG	23	Giorgi Aptsiauri
Coach:
Milton Haig


FB	15	Tiernan O'Halloran
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Stuart McCloskey
IC	12	Noel Reid	59'
LW	11	Matt Healy
FH	10	J. J. Hanrahan
SH	9	Luke McGrath
N8	8	Jack Conan
OF	7	Dan Leavy
BF	6	Eoghan Masterson
RL	5	Billy Holland (c)	7'
LL	4	Ben Marshall
TP	3	Stephen Archer	73'
HK	2	Rob Herring	73'
LP	1	James Cronin
Replacements:
PR	16	Dave Heffernan	73'
HK	17	Denis Buckley
PR	18	Finlay Bealham	73'
LK	19	Andrew Browne	7'
FL	20	Frankie Taggart
SH	21	John Cooney
CE	22	Eoin Griffin	59'
FB	23	Peter Nelson
Coach:
Allen Clarke

References

↑ "Emerging Ireland claim Tbilisi Cup after win over hosts Georgia". The 42. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
↑ "Emerging Ireland ease past Georgia to lift Tbilisi Cup". RTE Sport. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
↑ Tbilisi Cup to provide tough competition ahead of RWC 2015

External links

Official website

IRB Tbilisi Cup

2015 teams	Emerging Ireland Emerging Italy Georgia Uruguay

Former teams	Argentina Jaguars (2014) South Africa President's XV (2013) Spain (2014)

Seasons	2013 2014 2015

Winners	2013 South Africa President's XV 2014 Argentina Jaguars

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