2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup

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.

2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup
Tournament details
Countries 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) Carlo Canna (29)
Top try scorer(s) Andrew Conway (3)
Final
Champions Emerging Ireland (1st title)
Runners-up 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 Emerging Ireland330010319+84153315
2 Emerging Italy32014948+14608
3 Georgia31024181–404904
4 Uruguay30033075–453800
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]

Matchday 1
13 June 2015
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Emerging Italy  0–25 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'
FB15Alberto Chiesa (c)
RW14Filippo Guarducci 20' 29' 55' 66'
OC13Roberto Quartaroli
IC12Giovanni Massaro 28'
LW11Gabriele Di Giulio
FH10Carlo Canna
SH9Simone Marinaro
N88Maxime Mbanda
OF7Emiliano Caffini 45'
BF6Matteo Corazzi 54'
RL5Filippo Gerosa 72'
LL4Federico Ruzza
TP3George Giovani Iacob 50'
HK2Luca Bigi 40'
LP1Federico Zani 18' to 28' 52' 55' 66'
Replacements:
HK16Oliviero Fabiani 40'
PR17Giuseppe Di Stefano 52'
PR18Pietro Ceccarelli 55' to 65' 20' 29' 50'
FL19Alessio Zdrilich 54'
N820Mirko Amenta 72'
SH21Simone Parisotto
CE22Giovanni Benvenuti 28'
LK23Sebastian Negri 45'
Coach:
Umberto Casellato
FB15Tiernan O'Halloran
RW14Andrew Conway 61'
OC13Eoin Griffin
IC12Stuart McCloskey 66'
LW11Matt Healy
FH10JJ Hanrahan
SH9Luke McGrath 59'
N88Jack Conan
OF7Dan Leavy
BF6Rhys Ruddock (c) 55'
RL5Billy Holland 62'
LL4Ben Marshall
TP3Stephen Archer 54'
HK2Rob Herring 50'
LP1Denis Buckley 54'
Replacements:
PR16Dave Heffernan 50'
HK17Andrew Warwick 74' to 80' 54'
PR18Finlay Bealham 54'
FL19Andrew Browne 62'
FL20Eoghan Masterson 55'
SH21John Cooney 59'
FH22Rory Scannell 66'
FB23Peter 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'
 Stats[5] Try: Gibernau 30' c
Con: Ormaechea (1/1) 31'
Pen: Ormaechea (1/2) 15'

Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
FB15Beka Tsiklauri
RW14Giorgi Aptsiauri
OC13Revaz Gigauri 63'
IC12Merab Sharikadze 79'
LW11Giorgi Pruidze
FH10Lasha Malaghuradze
SH9Giorgi Begadze 63'
N88Beka Bitsadz
OF7Lasha Lomidze 30' to 60'
BF6Saba Shubitidze 25' 33' 60'
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze 54'
LL4Levan Datunashvili (c)
TP3Nikoloz Khatiashvili 22' to 32' 71'
HK2Jaba Bregvadze 79'
LP1Giorgi Tetrashvili 60'
Replacements:
PR16Giorgi Tedoradze 79'
HK17Archil Bezhiashvili 60'
PR18Irakli Mirtskhulava 25' 33' 71'
LK19Giorgi Chkhaidze 61' to 71' 54'
FL20Beka Gorgadze 60'
SH21Vazha Khutsishvili 63'
CE22Giorgi Talakhadze 79'
WG23Tamaz Mtchedlidze 63'
Coach:
Milton Haig
FB15Gastón Mieres
RW14Leandro Leivas 53'
OC13Joaquín Prada
IC12Alberto Román
LW11Santiago Gibernau
FH10Manuel Blengio 71'
SH9Agustín Ormaechea
N88Juan Manuel Gaminara
OF7Fernando Bascou 53'
BF6Matías Beer 73'
RL5Jorge Zerbino 52' to 62' 73'
LL4Santiago Vilaseca (c)
TP3Mario Sagario 47'
HK2Nicolás Klappenbach 47'
LP1Alejo Corral 63'
Replacements:
HK16Germán Kessler 47'
PR17Carlos Arboleya 47'
PR18Mateo Sanguinetti 63'
LK19Mathias Palomeque 73'
FL20Diego Magno 53'
N821Mathias Braun 73'
SH22Alejo Durán 71'
WG23Jerónimo Etcheverry 53'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Matchday 2
17 June 2015
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Uruguay  7–33 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)
FB15Jerónimo Etcheverry 70'
RW14Leandro Leivas (c)
OC13Joaquín Prada 65'
IC12Andrés Vilaseca
LW11Santiago Gibernau
FH10Alejo Durán
SH9Agustín Ormaechea
N88Alejandro Nieto
OF7Diego Magno 64'
BF6Agustín Alonso 38' to 48' 65'
RL5Mathias Palomeque 40'
LL4Franco Lamanna
TP3Carlos Arboleya 56'
HK2Germán Kessler 52'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 52'
Replacements:
HK16Nicolás Klappenbach 52'
PR17Mario Sagario 56'
PR18Alejo Corral 52'
LK19Santiago Vilaseca 64'
FL20Fernando Bascou 65'
N821Mathias Braun 40'
FH22Manuel Blengio 65'
CE23Alberto Román 70'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
FB15Peter Nelson
RW14Cian Kelleher 62' to 72'
OC13Eoin Griffin
IC12Noel Reid
LW11Andrew Conway
FH10Rory Scannell
SH9John Cooney
N88Eoghan Masterson 60'
OF7Frankie Taggart
BF6Rhys Ruddock (c)
RL5Billy Holland 50'
LL4Andrew Browne
TP3Stephen Archer 50'
HK2Dave Heffernan 60'
LP1James Cronin 59'
Replacements:
PR16Rob Herring 60'
HK17Denis Buckley 59'
PR18Andrew Warwick 50'
FL19Ben Marshall 50'
FL20Dan Leavy
N821Jack Conan 60'
SH22Luke McGrath
FH23JJ 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'
 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'
FB15Giorgi Aptsiauri
RW14Muraz Giorgadze 61' to 71'
OC13Giorgi Talakhadze 54'
IC12Tamaz Mchedlidze
LW11Alexandre Khutsishvili
FH10Lasha Malaghuradze 13'
SH9Vazha Khutsishvili 58'
N88Beka Bitsadze
OF7Beka Gorgadze
BF6Saba Shubitidze 31'
RL5Giorgi Chkhaidze
LL4Levan Datunashvili (c) 56'
TP3Irakli Mirtskhulava 52'
HK2Simon Maisuradze 52'
LP1Anton Peikrishvili 52'
Replacements:
PR16Jaba Bregvadze 52'
HK17Archil Bezhiashvili 52'
PR18Nikoloz Khatiashvili 52'
LK19Konstantin Mikautadze 56'
FL20Otar Giorgadze 31'
SH21Giorgi Begadze 58'
WG22Giorgi Pruidze 13'
FB23Beka Tsiklauri 54'
Coach:
Milton Haig
FB15Alberto Chiesa (c)
RW14Filippo Guarducci
OC13Giovanni Benvenuti
IC12Roberto Quartaroli
LW11Gabriele Di Giulio
FH10Carlo Canna
SH9Simone Marinaro 78'
N88Maxime Mbanda
OF7Emiliano Caffini
BF6Sebastian Negri
RL5Filippo Gerosa
LL4Federico Ruzza 77'
TP3Giuseppe Di Stefano 72'
HK2Oliviero Fabiani 51'
LP1Federico Zani 51'
Replacements:
HK16Luca Bigi 72'
PR17Laert Naka 51'
PR18Pietro Ceccarelli 51'
FL19Alessio Zdrilich
FL20Mirko Amenta 77'
SH21Simone Parisotto 78'
FB22Christian Becerra
LK23Matteo Corazzi
Coach:
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'
FB15Gastón Mieres
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Joaquín Prada
IC12Alberto Román 78'
LW11Santiago Gibernau
FH10Alejo Durán
SH9Agustín Ormaechea 78'
N88Alejandro Nieto 78'
OF7Matías Beer
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara 18' to 28'
RL5Jorge Zerbino
LL4Santiago Vilaseca (c) 52'
TP3Carlos Arboleya
HK2Nicolás Klappenbach 51'
LP1Alejo Corral 40'
Replacements:
PR16Mario Sagario 51'
PR17Mateo Sanguinetti 59' to 69' 40'
FL18Agustín Alonso
LK19Franco Lamanna 52'
FL20Diego Magno
FL21Fernando Bascou 78'
FH22Manuel Blengio 78'
CE23Andrés Vilaseca 78'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
FB15Alberto Chiesa (c)
RW14Filippo Guarducci
OC13Giovanni Benvenuti
IC12Roberto Quartaroli
LW11Gabriele Di Giulio
FH10Carlo Canna
SH9Simone Marinaro 78'
N88Maxime Mbanda 44'
OF7Emiliano Caffini
BF6Sebastian Negri
RL5Alessio Zdrilich 45'
LL4Federico Ruzza
TP3Pietro Ceccarelli 59'
HK2Oliviero Fabiani 64' to 74'
LP1Federico Zani 53'
Replacements:
HK16Luca Bigi
PR17Laert Naka 53'
PR18Giuseppe Di Stefano 59'
LK19Filippo Gerosa 45'
FL20Matteo Corazzi
SH21Simone Parisotto
FB22Christian Becerra
N823Mirko 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)
 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)
FB15Beka Tsiklauri
RW14Alexandre Khutsishvili 47' to 57'
OC13Revaz Gigauri
IC12Tamaz Mtchedlidze
LW11Giorgi Pruidze 59'
FH10Mamuka Ninidze
SH9Giorgi Begadze 64'
N88Lasha Lomidze 35'
OF7Giorgi Chkhaidze
BF6Beka Bitsadze
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze
LL4Levan Datunashvili (c) 11'
TP3Anton Peikrishvili 48'
HK2Simon Maisuradze 48'
LP1Zurab Zhvania 73'
Replacements:
PR16Jaba Bregvadze 48'
HK17Giorgi Tetrashvili 73'
PR18Irakli Mirtskhulava 48'
LK19Otar Giorgadze 11'
FL20Saba Shubitidze 35'
SH21Vazha Khutsishvili 64'
FH22Irakli Svanidze 59'
WG23Giorgi Aptsiauri
Coach:
Milton Haig
FB15Tiernan O'Halloran
RW14Andrew Conway
OC13Stuart McCloskey
IC12Noel Reid 59'
LW11Matt Healy
FH10JJ Hanrahan
SH9Luke McGrath
N88Jack Conan
OF7Dan Leavy
BF6Eoghan Masterson
RL5Billy Holland (c) 7'
LL4Ben Marshall
TP3Stephen Archer 73'
HK2Rob Herring 73'
LP1James Cronin
Replacements:
PR16Dave Heffernan 73'
HK17Denis Buckley
PR18Finlay Bealham 73'
LK19Andrew Browne 7'
FL20Frankie Taggart
SH21John Cooney
CE22Eoin Griffin 59'
FB23Peter Nelson
Coach:
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.
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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
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