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2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup

The 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup was the inaugural edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board and was played from 7 to 16 June 2013 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi.[1]

2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Date7 – 16 June 2013
Countries Georgia
Ireland Emerging Ireland
South Africa South Africa President's XV
 Uruguay
Tournament statistics
ChampionsSouth Africa South Africa President's XV (1st title)
Matches played6
Attendance6,000 (1,000 per match)
Tries scored28 (4.67 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Ireland Ian Keatley (40 points)
Top try scorer(s)South Africa Uzair Cassiem (2 tries)
Ireland Ian Keatley
Ireland Niall Morris
Official websiteOfficial website
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The hosts Georgia were joined by Uruguay, who regularly take part in the IRB Nations Cup, and two newly founded teams: Emerging Ireland, who were made up of young Irish players that didn't get selected for the Lions tour to Australia or the national side's tour to North America, and a South Africa President's XV, composed of Currie Cup players.

South Africa President's XV won the inaugural tournament after winning all three of their games.

Following this tournament, Georgia played Argentina for the first time outside the Rugby World Cup on 22 June as part of the 2013 mid-year tests.

Table edit

Position Nation Games Points Bonus
points 		Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Tries
1   South Africa President's XV 3 3 0 0 77 33 +44 9 1 13
2   Emerging Ireland 3 2 0 1 70 67 +3 8 1 9
3   Georgia 3 1 0 2 58 44 +14 6 2 6
4   Uruguay 3 0 0 3 45 106 −61 5 1 1

Fixtures edit

All times are local

Matchday 1 edit

7 June 2013
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Uruguay  9 – 37 (9–15)  South Africa President's XV
Pen: Etcheverry (2/5) 5' 32'
Drop: Etcheverry (1/1) 1'		IRB[2]
ESPN		Try: Cassiem (2) 22' m 53' m
Bothma 12' m
Engelbrecht 27' m
Louw 71' c
Mkhafu 80' c
Con: Croy (2/6) 72' 80'
Pen: Croy (1/2) 70'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
FB 15 Jerónimo Etcheverry
RW 14 Pablo Bueno   61'
OC 13 Joaquin Prada   58' to 61'
IC 12 Alberto Román
LW 11 Leandro Leivas
FH 10 Agustín del Castillo
SH 9 Alejo Durán
N8 8 Juan Manuel Gaminara
OF 7 Fernando Bascou
BF 6 Juan de Freitas   66'
RL 5 Francisco Lamanna
LL 4 Rodrigo Espiga   73'
TP 3 Mario Sagario   66'
HK 2 Arturo Ávalo (c)   48'
LP 1 Rodolfo de Mula   48'
Replacements:
PR 16 Alejo Corral   48'
HK 17 Nicolás Klappenbach   48'
PR 18 Gaston Ibarburu   66'
LK 19 José Coronel   73'
FL 20 Juan Tassistro   66'
FH 21 Germán Albanell   66'
CE 22 Santiago Core   58'   66'
Coach:
  Pablo Lemoine
FB 15 Jacquin Jansen   62'
RW 14 Wilmaure Louw
OC 13 Stefan Watermeyer   70'
IC 12 Adriaan Engelbrecht
LW 11 Jerome Pretorius
FH 10 Ricardo Croy
SH 9 Sinovuyo Nyoka   70'
N8 8 Renaldo Bothma   62'
OF 7 Uzair Cassiem
BF 6 Jaco Bouwer
RL 5 Giant Mtyanda
LL 4 Brendon Snyman (c)   72'
TP 3 Martin Dreyer
HK 2 Ashton Constant   62'
LP 1 Khwezi Mkhafu
Replacements:
HK 16 Frank Herne   62'
PR 17 Ivann Espag   65'
LK 18 Eduan van der Walt   72'
N8 19 Brian Shabangu   62'
SH 20 Ntando Kebe   79'
CE 21 Rosko Specman   70'
FB 22 Coenie van Wyk   62'
Coach:
  Jimmy Stonehouse
7 June 2013
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia  15 – 20 (10–6)  Emerging Ireland
Try: Chkhaidze 40' c
Mchedlidze 57' m
Con: Tsiklauri (1/2) 40'
Pen: Tsiklauri (1/3) 27'		IRB[2]
ESPN		Try: Kearney 42' m
Pen: Keatley (5/6) 10', 24', 54', 79', 80'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nick Briant (NZRU)
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
RW 14 Irakli Machkhaneli (c)
OC 13 David Kacharava
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze   76'
LW 11 Tamaz Mtchedlidze
FH 10 Lasha Malaguradze
SH 9 Giorgi Begadze
N8 8 Giorgi Chkhaidze
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili
BF 6 Shalva Sutiashvili
RL 5 Kote Mikautadze   78'
LL 4 Vakhtang Maisuradze   68'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava   60'
HK 2 Revaz Belkania   68'
LP 1 Irakli Mirtskhulava
Replacements:
PR 16 Giorgi Tetrashvili   60'
HK 17 Simon Maisuradze   68'
LK 18 Giorgi Nemsadze   68'   80' to end'
FL 19 Givi Berishvili   78'
SH 20 Vazha Khutsishvili
FH 21 Alexander Todua
CE 22 Tedo Zibzibadze   76'
Coach:
  Milton Haig
FB 15 David Kearney
RW 14 Niall Morris
OC 13 Eoin Griffin   67'
IC 12 Michael Allen   49'
LW 11 Tiernan O'Halloran
FH 10 Ian Keatley
SH 9 Michael Heaney   52'
N8 8 Robbie Diack
OF 7 Dominic Ryan   67'
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c)
RL 5 David Foley
LL 4 Lewis Stevenson   40'
TP 3 Michael Bent
HK 2 Robert Herring   72'
LP 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements:
HK 16 Niall Annett   72'
PR 17 Richard Lutton
LK 18 Ian Nagle   40'
FL 19 Jordi Murphy   67'
SH 20 John Cooney   52'
FH 21 Noel Reid   49'
CE 22 Brendan Macken   67'
Coach:
  Allen Clarke

Matchday 2 edit

11 June 2013
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Emerging Ireland  8 – 19 (3–10)  South Africa President's XV
Try: Allen 61' m
Pen: Keatley (1/2) 17'		[3]
rugby.ge		Try: Bock 11' c
Con: Bezuidenhout (1/1)
Pen: Bezuidenhout (4/4) 6', 43', 48', 79'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nick Briant (NZRU)
11 June 2013
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia  27 – 3 (17–0)  Uruguay
Try: Todua 9' c
Zibzibadze 34' c
Nemsadze 51' c
Con: Tsiklauri (3/3)
Pen: Tsiklauri (2/4) 1', 42'		IRB[4]
ESPN		Pen: Albanell (1) 56'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (FRR)

Matchday 3 edit

16 June 2013
14:00 GET (UTC+4)
Uruguay  33–42  Emerging Ireland
Try: Gaminara 13' c
Espiga 52' c
Albanell 60' c
Román 66' m
de Freitas 80' c
Con: Etcheverry (1)
Prada (3)		Report[5]Try: O'Halloran 4' c
Keatley (2) 9' c, 17' c
Morris (2) 43' c, 48' c
Annett 56' c
Con: Keatley (6/6)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (FRR)
16 June 2013
16:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia  16–21  South Africa President's XV
Try: Chilachava 19' c
Con: Tsiklauri (1/1)
Pen: Tsiklauri (3) 11', 28', 46'		IRB[6]
ESPN		Try: Specman 36' c
Van der Walt 57' m
Con: Bezuidenhout (1)
Pen: Bezuidenhout (3) 2', 6', 21'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)

Statistics edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Georgia to host IRB Tbilisi Cup in June". International Rugby Board. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "International Rugby Board - SA President's XV stage comeback in Tbilisi". Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Emerging Ireland Suffer Tbilisi Defeat". irishrugby.ie. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  4. ^ "International Rugby Board - Bezuidenhout kicks President's XV to victory". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Second Place Finish For Emerging Ireland". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ^ "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". www.irb.com. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013.

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