2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup

2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Date14 – 22 June 2014
Countries Argentina XV
 Emerging Italy
 Georgia
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Tries scored12 (2 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Juan Pablo Socino (Argentina Jaguars)
15 points
Top try scorer(s)12 players
1 try
Official websiteOfficial website
2013 (Previous) (Next) 2015

The 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup was the second edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board. It was played from 14 to 22 June 2014 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi.[1]

The hosts Georgia were joined by Spain and two teams that regularly take part in the IRB Nations Cup, Argentina Jaguars and Emerging Italy.

South Africa President's XV won the inaugural tournament in 2013 after winning all three of their games but did not return to defend their title.

Table

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Diff Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1  Argentina XV 3 3 0 0 112 43 +69 ? ? 1 0 13
2  Georgia 3 2 0 1 73 49 +24 ? ? 1 0 9
3  Emerging Italy 3 1 0 2 67 79 –12 ? ? 0 0 4
4  Spain 3 0 0 3 20 101 –81 ? ? 0 0 0
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
Pre-tournament rankings are in parentheses.
Updated: 15 June 2014

Fixtures

The fixtures and kick off times were announced on 4 April 2014.[1]

Matchday 1

14 June 2014
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia 23–13 Spain
Try: T. Mtchedlidze 22' m
Mamukashvili 33' c
Todua 38' m
Con: Tsiklauri (1/3)
Pen: Tsiklauri (2) 16', 80'
Report[2]Try: Newton 30' c
Con: Snee (1/1)
Pen: García (2) 53', 75'
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 2,000[3]
Referee: Andrew McMeneny (Scotland)
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
RW 14 Tamaz Mtchedlidze
OC 13 Davit Katcharava
IC 12 Revaz Gigauri
LW 11 Alexander Todua
FH 10 Lasha Malaghuradze
SH 9 Giorgi Begadze  67'
N8 8 Dimitri Basilaia
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  61'
BF 6 Shalva Sutiashvili (c)  75'
RL 5 Kote Mikuatadze
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze  61'
TP 3 Davit Kubriashvili
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  49'
LP 1 Zurab Zhvania  61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Simon Maisuradze  49'
PR 17 Giorgi Mtchedlishvili  61'
LL 18 Lasha Lomidze  61'
OF 19 Givi Berishvili  61'
SH 20 Giorgi Rokhvadze  67'
WG 21 Irakli Qiasashvili
BF 22 Muraz Giorgadze  75'
Coach:
Milton Haig
FB 15 Javier Carrión  72'
RW 14 Alberto Díaz  51'
OC 13 Ignacio Gutiérrez  40'
IC 12 Daniel Snee
LW 11 Sergio Fernández
FH 10 Mariano García
SH 9 Facundo Munilla
N8 8 Jaime Nava (c)  13'
OF 7 Adam Newton
BF 6 Manuel Mora
RL 5 Víctor Sánchez  60'
LL 4 Alejandro Blanco
TP 3 Jesús Moreno  51'
HK 2 Juan Anaya
LP 1 Francisco Javier Sanz  45'
Replacements:
LP 16 Agustín Ortiz  45'
RL 17 Romain Asensi  60'
TP 18 Guillermo Espinos  51'
N8 19 José Luis del Valle  13'
FB 20 Francisco Cloppet  72'
OC 21 Alejandro Gutiérrez  40'
RW 22 Pablo Fontes  51'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)


14 June 2014
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Emerging Italy 20–45 Argentina XV
Try: Ragusi 25' c
Visentin 78' c
Con: Padovani (1/1)
Violi (1/1)
Pen: Padovani (2) 16', 42'
Report[2]Try: Brex 43' c
Poet 47' c
Penalty Try 54' c
Moyano 63' m
Taboada 69' m
Masera 80' m
Con: Socino (3)
Pen: Socino (3) 19', 30', 38'
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU)

Matchday 2

18 June 2014
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia 16–26 Argentina XV
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

18 June 2014
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Emerging Italy 37–0 Spain
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

Matchday 3

22 June 2014
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia 34–10 Emerging Italy
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

22 June 2014
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Argentina XV 41–7 Spain
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Georgia to host Tbilisi Cup 2014". International Rugby Board. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "International Rugby Board - Tbilisi Cup hosts Georgia and Jaguars win". Archived from the original on 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  3. ^ "2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup – Round One". Georgian Rugby Union. Retrieved 17 June 2014.