2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup

2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Date	7 – 16 June 2013
Countries	Georgia; Emerging Ireland; South Africa President's XV; Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Champions	South Africa President's XV (1st title)
Matches played	6
Attendance	6,000 (1,000 per match)
Tries scored	28 (4.67 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ian Keatley (40 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Uzair Cassiem (2 tries); Ian Keatley; Niall Morris
Official website	Official website
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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]

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[]

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Bonus points	Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries	Bonus points	Table points
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[]

All times are local

Matchday 1[]

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
SH	9	Alejo Durán
N8	8	Juan Manuel Gaminara
OF	7	Fernando Bascou
BF	6	Juan de Freitas	66'
RL	5
LL	4		73'
TP	3	Mario Sagario	66'
HK	2	(c)	48'
LP	1		48'
Replacements:
PR	16	Alejo Corral	48'
HK	17	Nicolás Klappenbach	48'
PR	18		66'
LK	19		73'
FL	20		66'
FH	21			66'
CE	22		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: (NZRU)


FB	15	Beka Tsiklauri
RW	14	Irakli Machkhaneli (c)
OC	13	David Kacharava
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze	76'
LW	11
FH	10	Lasha Malaguradze
SH	9	Giorgi Begadze
N8	8	George 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		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
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[]

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'	IRFU 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 34' c Nemsadze 51' c Con: Tsiklauri (3/3) Pen: Tsiklauri (2/4) 1', 42'	IRB^[3] ESPN	Pen: (1) 56'

Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (FRR)

Matchday 3[]

16 June 2013
14:00 GET (UTC+4)

Uruguay	33–42	Emerging Ireland
Try: Gaminara 13' c 52' c 60' c Román 66' m de Freitas 80' c Con: Etcheverry (1) Prada (3)	Report^[4]	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^[5] 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[]

Leading point scorers[]

Pos	Name	Team	Points
1	Ian Keatley	Emerging Ireland	40
2	Beka Tsiklauri	Georgia	28
3	Carl Bezuidenhout	South Africa President's XV	25
4	Jerónimo Etcheverry	Uruguay	11
5	Uzair Cassiem	South Africa President's XV	10
5	Niall Morris	Emerging Ireland	10
7	Ricardo Croy	South Africa President's XV	7
8		Uruguay	8
9	Joaquin Prada	Uruguay	6

Leading try scorers[]

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Uzair Cassiem	South Africa President's XV	2
	Ian Keatley	Emerging Ireland
	Niall Morris	Emerging Ireland
4	22 players		1

References[]

^ "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Irish Rugby". irishrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067589.html#sa+presidents+xv+tbilisi+cup Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

Official website

[Georgia_to_host_IRB_Tbilisi_Cup_in_June-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.

[irb.com-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Irish Rugby". irishrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[5] ttp://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067589.html#sa+presidents+xv+tbilisi+cup Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine

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