2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup

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]

2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Date	14 – 22 June 2014
Countries	Argentina XV  Emerging Italy  Georgia  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Tries scored	12 (2 per match)
Top point scorers	Juan Pablo Socino (Argentina Jaguars) 15 points
Top try scorers	12 players 1 try
Official website	Official website
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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)

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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

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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

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22 June 2014 19:00 GET (UTC+4)

Argentina XV	41–7	Spain

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

See also

• 2014 IRB Nations Cup
• 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup