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2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup

2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup
Tournament details
CountriesIreland Emerging Ireland
 Emerging Italy
 Georgia
 Uruguay
Date13 – 21 June 2015
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Tries scored26 (4.33 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Italy Carlo Canna (29)
Top try scorer(s)Ireland Andrew Conway (3)
Final
ChampionsIreland Emerging Ireland (1st title)
Runners-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
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against
1 Ireland 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 Archived 2015-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
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]

Matchday 1

13 June 2015
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Emerging Italy 0–25Ireland Emerging Ireland
Report[4]Try: Griffin 13' m
Conway 24' m
McCloskey 27' c
O'Halloran 80' c
Con: Hanrahan (1/4) 28'
Pen: Hanrahan (1/1) 5'
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
FB 15 Alberto Chiesa (c)
RW 14 Filippo Guarducci downward-facing red arrow 20' upward-facing green arrow 29' downward-facing red arrow 55' upward-facing green arrow 66'
OC 13 Roberto Quartaroli
IC 12 Giovanni Massaro downward-facing red arrow 28'
LW 11 Gabriele Di Giulio
FH 10 Carlo Canna
SH 9 Simone Marinaro
N8 8 Maxime Mbanda
OF 7 Emiliano Caffini downward-facing red arrow 45'
BF 6 Matteo Corazzi downward-facing red arrow 54'
RL 5 Filippo Gerosa downward-facing red arrow 72'
LL 4 Federico Ruzza
TP 3 George Giovani Iacob downward-facing red arrow 50'
HK 2 Luca Bigi downward-facing red arrow 40'
LP 1 Federico Zani yellow card 18' to 28' downward-facing red arrow 52' upward-facing green arrow 55' downward-facing red arrow 66'
Replacements:
HK 16 Oliviero Fabiani upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 17 Giuseppe Di Stefano upward-facing green arrow 52'
PR 18 Pietro Ceccarelli yellow card 55' to 65' upward-facing green arrow 20' downward-facing red arrow 29' upward-facing green arrow 50'
FL 19 Alessio Zdrilich upward-facing green arrow 54'
N8 20 Mirko Amenta upward-facing green arrow 72'
SH 21 Simone Parisotto
CE 22 Giovanni Benvenuti upward-facing green arrow 28'
LK 23 Sebastian Negri upward-facing green arrow 45'
Coach:
Italy Umberto Casellato
FB 15 Tiernan O'Halloran
RW 14 Andrew Conway downward-facing red arrow 61'
OC 13 Eoin Griffin
IC 12 Stuart McCloskey downward-facing red arrow 66'
LW 11 Matt Healy
FH 10 JJ Hanrahan
SH 9 Luke McGrath downward-facing red arrow 59'
N8 8 Jack Conan
OF 7 Dan Leavy
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c) downward-facing red arrow 55'
RL 5 Billy Holland downward-facing red arrow 62'
LL 4 Ben Marshall
TP 3 Stephen Archer downward-facing red arrow 54'
HK 2 Rob Herring downward-facing red arrow 50'
LP 1 Denis Buckley downward-facing red arrow 54'
Replacements:
PR 16 Dave Heffernan upward-facing green arrow 50'
HK 17 Andrew Warwick yellow card 74' to 80' upward-facing green arrow 54'
PR 18 Finlay Bealham upward-facing green arrow 54'
FL 19 Andrew Browne upward-facing green arrow 62'
FL 20 Eoghan Masterson upward-facing green arrow 55'
SH 21 John Cooney upward-facing green arrow 59'
FH 22 Rory Scannell upward-facing green arrow 66'
FB 23 Peter Nelson upward-facing green arrow 61'
Coach:
Ireland 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'
Stats[5]Try: Gibernau 30' c
Con: Ormaechea (1/1) 31'
Pen: Ormaechea (1/2) 15'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
RW 14 Giorgi Aptsiauri
OC 13 Revaz Gigauri downward-facing red arrow 63'
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze downward-facing red arrow 79'
LW 11 Giorgi Pruidze
FH 10 Lasha Malaghuradze
SH 9 Giorgi Begadze downward-facing red arrow 63'
N8 8 Beka Bitsadz
OF 7 Lasha Lomidze yellow card 30' to 60'
BF 6 Saba Shubitidze downward-facing red arrow 25' upward-facing green arrow 33' downward-facing red arrow 60'
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze downward-facing red arrow 54'
LL 4 Levan Datunashvili (c)
TP 3 Nikoloz Khatiashvili yellow card 22' to 32' downward-facing red arrow 71'
HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze downward-facing red arrow 79'
LP 1 Giorgi Tetrashvili downward-facing red arrow 60'
Replacements:
PR 16 Giorgi Tedoradze upward-facing green arrow 79'
HK 17 Archil Bezhiashvili upward-facing green arrow 60'
PR 18 Irakli Mirtskhulava upward-facing green arrow 25' downward-facing red arrow 33' upward-facing green arrow 71'
LK 19 Giorgi Chkhaidze yellow card 61' to 71' upward-facing green arrow 54'
FL 20 Beka Gorgadze upward-facing green arrow 60'
SH 21 Vazha Khutsishvili upward-facing green arrow 63'
CE 22 Giorgi Talakhadze upward-facing green arrow 79'
WG 23 Tamaz Mtchedlidze upward-facing green arrow 63'
Coach:
New Zealand Milton Haig
FB 15 Gastón Mieres
RW 14 Leandro Leivas downward-facing red arrow 53'
OC 13 Joaquín Prada
IC 12 Alberto Román
LW 11 Santiago Gibernau
FH 10 Manuel Blengio downward-facing red arrow 71'
SH 9 Agustín Ormaechea
N8 8 Juan Manuel Gaminara
OF 7 Fernando Bascou downward-facing red arrow 53'
BF 6 Matías Beer downward-facing red arrow 73'
RL 5 Jorge Zerbino yellow card 52' to 62' downward-facing red arrow 73'
LL 4 Santiago Vilaseca (c)
TP 3 Mario Sagario downward-facing red arrow 47'
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach downward-facing red arrow 47'
LP 1 Alejo Corral downward-facing red arrow 63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Germán Kessler upward-facing green arrow 47'
PR 17 Carlos Arboleya upward-facing green arrow 47'
PR 18 Mateo Sanguinetti upward-facing green arrow 63'
LK 19 Mathias Palomeque upward-facing green arrow 73'
FL 20 Diego Magno upward-facing green arrow 53'
N8 21 Mathias Braun upward-facing green arrow 73'
SH 22 Alejo Durán upward-facing green arrow 71'
WG 23 Jerónimo Etcheverry upward-facing green arrow 53'
Coach:
Uruguay Pablo Lemoine

Matchday 2

17 June 2015
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Uruguay 7–33Ireland Emerging Ireland
Try: Penalty try 71' c
Con: Ormaechea (1/1) 72'
Report[6]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'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
FB 15 Jerónimo Etcheverry downward-facing red arrow 70'
RW 14 Leandro Leivas (c)
OC 13 Joaquín Prada downward-facing red arrow 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 downward-facing red arrow 64'
BF 6 Agustín Alonso yellow card 38' to 48' downward-facing red arrow 65'
RL 5 Mathias Palomeque downward-facing red arrow 40'
LL 4 Franco Lamanna
TP 3 Carlos Arboleya downward-facing red arrow 56'
HK 2 Germán Kessler downward-facing red arrow 52'
LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti downward-facing red arrow 52'
Replacements:
HK 16 Nicolás Klappenbach upward-facing green arrow 52'
PR 17 Mario Sagario upward-facing green arrow 56'
PR 18 Alejo Corral upward-facing green arrow 52'
LK 19 Santiago Vilaseca upward-facing green arrow 64'
FL 20 Fernando Bascou upward-facing green arrow 65'
N8 21 Mathias Braun upward-facing green arrow 40'
FH 22 Manuel Blengio upward-facing green arrow 65'
CE 23 Alberto Román upward-facing green arrow 70'
Coach:
Uruguay Pablo Lemoine
FB 15 Peter Nelson
RW 14 Cian Kelleher yellow card 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 downward-facing red arrow 60'
OF 7 Frankie Taggart
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c)
RL 5 Billy Holland downward-facing red arrow 50'
LL 4 Andrew Browne
TP 3 Stephen Archer downward-facing red arrow 50'
HK 2 Dave Heffernan downward-facing red arrow 60'
LP 1 James Cronin downward-facing red arrow 59'
Replacements:
PR 16 Rob Herring upward-facing green arrow 60'
HK 17 Denis Buckley upward-facing green arrow 59'
PR 18 Andrew Warwick upward-facing green arrow 50'
FL 19 Ben Marshall upward-facing green arrow 50'
FL 20 Dan Leavy
N8 21 Jack Conan upward-facing green arrow 60'
SH 22 Luke McGrath
FH 23 JJ Hanrahan
Coach:
Ireland 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'
Stats[7]Try: Marinaro 58' c
Mbanda 65' c
Con: Canna (2/2) 58', 65'
Pen: Canna (3/3) 5', 58', 62'
Drop: Canna (1/1) 42'
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
FB 15 Giorgi Aptsiauri
RW 14 Muraz Giorgadze yellow card 61' to 71'
OC 13 Giorgi Talakhadze downward-facing red arrow 54'
IC 12 Tamaz Mchedlidze
LW 11 Alexandre Khutsishvili
FH 10 Lasha Malaghuradze downward-facing red arrow 13'
SH 9 Vazha Khutsishvili downward-facing red arrow 58'
N8 8 Beka Bitsadze
OF 7 Beka Gorgadze
BF 6 Saba Shubitidze downward-facing red arrow 31'
RL 5 Giorgi Chkhaidze
LL 4 Levan Datunashvili (c) downward-facing red arrow 56'
TP 3 Irakli Mirtskhulava downward-facing red arrow 52'
HK 2 Simon Maisuradze downward-facing red arrow 52'
LP 1 Anton Peikrishvili downward-facing red arrow 52'
Replacements:
PR 16 Jaba Bregvadze upward-facing green arrow 52'
HK 17 Archil Bezhiashvili upward-facing green arrow 52'
PR 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili upward-facing green arrow 52'
LK 19 Konstantin Mikautadze upward-facing green arrow 56'
FL 20 Otar Giorgadze upward-facing green arrow 31'
SH 21 Giorgi Begadze upward-facing green arrow 58'
WG 22 Giorgi Pruidze upward-facing green arrow 13'
FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri upward-facing green arrow 54'
Coach:
New Zealand 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 downward-facing red arrow 78'
N8 8 Maxime Mbanda
OF 7 Emiliano Caffini
BF 6 Sebastian Negri
RL 5 Filippo Gerosa
LL 4 Federico Ruzza downward-facing red arrow 77'
TP 3 Giuseppe Di Stefano downward-facing red arrow 72'
HK 2 Oliviero Fabiani downward-facing red arrow 51'
LP 1 Federico Zani downward-facing red arrow 51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luca Bigi upward-facing green arrow 72'
PR 17 Laert Naka upward-facing green arrow 51'
PR 18 Pietro Ceccarelli upward-facing green arrow 51'
FL 19 Alessio Zdrilich
FL 20 Mirko Amenta upward-facing green arrow 77'
SH 21 Simone Parisotto upward-facing green arrow 78'
FB 22 Christian Becerra
LK 23 Matteo Corazzi
Coach:
Italy Umberto Casellato

Matchday 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'
Stats[8]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'
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
FB 15 Gastón Mieres
RW 14 Leandro Leivas
OC 13 Joaquín Prada
IC 12 Alberto Román downward-facing red arrow 78'
LW 11 Santiago Gibernau
FH 10 Alejo Durán
SH 9 Agustín Ormaechea downward-facing red arrow 78'
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto downward-facing red arrow 78'
OF 7 Matías Beer
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara yellow card 18' to 28'
RL 5 Jorge Zerbino
LL 4 Santiago Vilaseca (c) downward-facing red arrow 52'
TP 3 Carlos Arboleya
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach downward-facing red arrow 51'
LP 1 Alejo Corral downward-facing red arrow 40'
Replacements:
PR 16 Mario Sagario upward-facing green arrow 51'
PR 17 Mateo Sanguinetti yellow card 59' to 69' upward-facing green arrow 40'
FL 18 Agustín Alonso
LK 19 Franco Lamanna upward-facing green arrow 52'
FL 20 Diego Magno
FL 21 Fernando Bascou upward-facing green arrow 78'
FH 22 Manuel Blengio upward-facing green arrow 78'
CE 23 Andrés Vilaseca upward-facing green arrow 78'
Coach:
Uruguay 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 downward-facing red arrow 78'
N8 8 Maxime Mbanda downward-facing red arrow 44'
OF 7 Emiliano Caffini
BF 6 Sebastian Negri
RL 5 Alessio Zdrilich downward-facing red arrow 45'
LL 4 Federico Ruzza
TP 3 Pietro Ceccarelli downward-facing red arrow 59'
HK 2 Oliviero Fabiani yellow card 64' to 74'
LP 1 Federico Zani downward-facing red arrow 53'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luca Bigi
PR 17 Laert Naka upward-facing green arrow 53'
PR 18 Giuseppe Di Stefano upward-facing green arrow 59'
LK 19 Filippo Gerosa upward-facing green arrow 45'
FL 20 Matteo Corazzi
SH 21 Simone Parisotto
FB 22 Christian Becerra
N8 23 Mirko Amenta upward-facing green arrow 44'
Coach:
Italy Umberto Casellato

21 June 2015
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia 12–45Ireland Emerging Ireland
Try: Lomidze 6' m
Penalty try 55' c
Con: Tsiklauri (1/2) 55'
Drop: Tsiklauri (0/1)
Report[9]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'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
RW 14 Alexandre Khutsishvili yellow card 47' to 57'
OC 13 Revaz Gigauri
IC 12 Tamaz Mtchedlidze
LW 11 Giorgi Pruidze downward-facing red arrow 59'
FH 10 Mamuka Ninidze
SH 9 Giorgi Begadze downward-facing red arrow 64'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze downward-facing red arrow 35'
OF 7 Giorgi Chkhaidze
BF 6 Beka Bitsadze
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze
LL 4 Levan Datunashvili (c) downward-facing red arrow 11'
TP 3 Anton Peikrishvili downward-facing red arrow 48'
HK 2 Simon Maisuradze downward-facing red arrow 48'
LP 1 Zurab Zhvania downward-facing red arrow 73'
Replacements:
PR 16 Jaba Bregvadze upward-facing green arrow 48'
HK 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili upward-facing green arrow 73'
PR 18 Irakli Mirtskhulava upward-facing green arrow 48'
LK 19 Otar Giorgadze upward-facing green arrow 11'
FL 20 Saba Shubitidze upward-facing green arrow 35'
SH 21 Vazha Khutsishvili upward-facing green arrow 64'
FH 22 Irakli Svanidze upward-facing green arrow 59'
WG 23 Giorgi Aptsiauri
Coach:
New Zealand Milton Haig
FB 15 Tiernan O'Halloran
RW 14 Andrew Conway
OC 13 Stuart McCloskey
IC 12 Noel Reid downward-facing red arrow 59'
LW 11 Matt Healy
FH 10 JJ Hanrahan
SH 9 Luke McGrath
N8 8 Jack Conan
OF 7 Dan Leavy
BF 6 Eoghan Masterson
RL 5 Billy Holland (c) downward-facing red arrow 7'
LL 4 Ben Marshall
TP 3 Stephen Archer downward-facing red arrow 73'
HK 2 Rob Herring downward-facing red arrow 73'
LP 1 James Cronin
Replacements:
PR 16 Dave Heffernan upward-facing green arrow 73'
HK 17 Denis Buckley
PR 18 Finlay Bealham upward-facing green arrow 73'
LK 19 Andrew Browne upward-facing green arrow 7'
FL 20 Frankie Taggart
SH 21 John Cooney
CE 22 Eoin Griffin upward-facing green arrow 59'
FB 23 Peter Nelson
Coach:
Ireland Allen Clarke

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Emerging Ireland ease past Georgia to lift Tbilisi Cup". RTE Sport. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  3. ^ worldrugby.org. "Tbilisi Cup to provide tough competition ahead of RWC 2015". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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  6. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/match/22402 Match stats]
    [http://www.the42.ie/live-ireland-uruguay-emerging-tbilisi-2165646-Jun2015/
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  9. ^ http://www.worldrugby.org/match/22405 Match stats]
    [http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/billy-holland-scare-mars-irish-win-338314.html