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
Date	13 – 21 June 2015
Tournament statistics
Teams	4
Matches played	6
Tries scored	26 (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
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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 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	0–25	Emerging Ireland
	Match stats	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  20'  29'  55'  66' OC 13 Roberto Quartaroli IC 12 Giovanni Massaro  28' LW 11 Gabriele Di Giulio FH 10 Carlo Canna SH 9 Simone Marinaro N8 8 Maxime Mbanda OF 7 Emiliano Caffini  45' BF 6 Matteo Corazzi  54' RL 5 Filippo Gerosa  72' LL 4 Federico Ruzza TP 3 George Giovani Iacob  50' HK 2 Luca Bigi  40' LP 1 Federico Zani 18' to 28'  52'  55'  66' Replacements: HK 16 Oliviero Fabiani  40' PR 17 Giuseppe Di Stefano  52' PR 18 Pietro Ceccarelli 55' to 65'  20'  29'  50' FL 19 Alessio Zdrilich  54' N8 20 Mirko Amenta  72' SH 21 Simone Parisotto CE 22 Giovanni Benvenuti  28' LK 23 Sebastian Negri  45' Coach: Umberto Casellato

FB 15 Tiernan O'Halloran RW 14 Andrew Conway  61' OC 13 Eoin Griffin IC 12 Stuart McCloskey  66' LW 11 Matt Healy FH 10 JJ Hanrahan SH 9 Luke McGrath  59' N8 8 Jack Conan OF 7 Dan Leavy BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c)  55' RL 5 Billy Holland  62' LL 4 Ben Marshall TP 3 Stephen Archer  54' HK 2 Rob Herring  50' LP 1 Denis Buckley  54' Replacements: PR 16 Dave Heffernan  50' HK 17 Andrew Warwick 74' to 80'  54' PR 18 Finlay Bealham  54' FL 19 Andrew Browne  62' FL 20 Eoghan Masterson  55' SH 21 John Cooney  59' FH 22 Rory Scannell  66' FB 23 Peter Nelson  61' Coach: Allen Clarke

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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[4]	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  63' IC 12 Merab Sharikadze  79' LW 11 Giorgi Pruidze FH 10 Lasha Malaghuradze SH 9 Giorgi Begadze  63' N8 8 Beka Bitsadz OF 7 Lasha Lomidze 30' to 60' BF 6 Saba Shubitidze  25'  33'  60' RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze  54' LL 4 Levan Datunashvili (c) TP 3 Nikoloz Khatiashvili 22' to 32'  71' HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze  79' LP 1 Giorgi Tetrashvili  60' Replacements: PR 16 Giorgi Tedoradze  79' HK 17 Archil Bezhiashvili  60' PR 18 Irakli Mirtskhulava  25'  33'  71' LK 19 Giorgi Chkhaidze 61' to 71'  54' FL 20 Beka Gorgadze  60' SH 21 Vazha Khutsishvili  63' CE 22 Giorgi Talakhadze  79' WG 23 Tamaz Mtchedlidze  63' Coach: Milton Haig

FB 15 Gastón Mieres RW 14 Leandro Leivas  53' OC 13 Joaquín Prada IC 12 Alberto Román LW 11 Santiago Gibernau FH 10 Manuel Blengio  71' SH 9 Agustín Ormaechea N8 8 Juan Manuel Gaminara OF 7 Fernando Bascou  53' BF 6 Matías Beer  73' RL 5 Jorge Zerbino 52' to 62'  73' LL 4 Santiago Vilaseca (c) TP 3 Mario Sagario  47' HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach  47' LP 1 Alejo Corral  63' Replacements: HK 16 Germán Kessler  47' PR 17 Carlos Arboleya  47' PR 18 Mateo Sanguinetti  63' LK 19 Mathias Palomeque  73' FL 20 Diego Magno  53' N8 21 Mathias Braun  73' SH 22 Alejo Durán  71' WG 23 Jerónimo 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[5]	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  70' RW 14 Leandro Leivas (c) OC 13 Joaquín Prada  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  64' BF 6 Agustín Alonso 38' to 48'  65' RL 5 Mathias Palomeque  40' LL 4 Franco Lamanna TP 3 Carlos Arboleya  56' HK 2 Germán Kessler  52' LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  52' Replacements: HK 16 Nicolás Klappenbach  52' PR 17 Mario Sagario  56' PR 18 Alejo Corral  52' LK 19 Santiago Vilaseca  64' FL 20 Fernando Bascou  65' N8 21 Mathias Braun  40' FH 22 Manuel Blengio  65' CE 23 Alberto Román  70' Coach: Pablo Lemoine

FB 15 Peter Nelson RW 14 Cian Kelleher 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  60' OF 7 Frankie Taggart BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c) RL 5 Billy Holland  50' LL 4 Andrew Browne TP 3 Stephen Archer  50' HK 2 Dave Heffernan  60' LP 1 James Cronin  59' Replacements: PR 16 Rob Herring  60' HK 17 Denis Buckley  59' PR 18 Andrew Warwick  50' FL 19 Ben Marshall  50' FL 20 Dan Leavy N8 21 Jack Conan  60' SH 22 Luke McGrath FH 23 JJ Hanrahan Coach: Allen Clarke

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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[6]	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 61' to 71' OC 13 Giorgi Talakhadze  54' IC 12 Tamaz Mchedlidze LW 11 Alexandre Khutsishvili FH 10 Lasha Malaghuradze  13' SH 9 Vazha Khutsishvili  58' N8 8 Beka Bitsadze OF 7 Beka Gorgadze BF 6 Saba Shubitidze  31' RL 5 Giorgi Chkhaidze LL 4 Levan Datunashvili (c)  56' TP 3 Irakli Mirtskhulava  52' HK 2 Simon Maisuradze  52' LP 1 Anton Peikrishvili  52' Replacements: PR 16 Jaba Bregvadze  52' HK 17 Archil Bezhiashvili  52' PR 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili  52' LK 19 Konstantin Mikautadze  56' FL 20 Otar Giorgadze  31' SH 21 Giorgi Begadze  58' WG 22 Giorgi Pruidze  13' FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri  54' Coach: 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  78' N8 8 Maxime Mbanda OF 7 Emiliano Caffini BF 6 Sebastian Negri RL 5 Filippo Gerosa LL 4 Federico Ruzza  77' TP 3 Giuseppe Di Stefano  72' HK 2 Oliviero Fabiani  51' LP 1 Federico Zani  51' Replacements: HK 16 Luca Bigi  72' PR 17 Laert Naka  51' PR 18 Pietro Ceccarelli  51' FL 19 Alessio Zdrilich FL 20 Mirko Amenta  77' SH 21 Simone Parisotto  78' FB 22 Christian Becerra LK 23 Matteo 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[7]	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  78' LW 11 Santiago Gibernau FH 10 Alejo Durán SH 9 Agustín Ormaechea  78' N8 8 Alejandro Nieto  78' OF 7 Matías Beer BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara 18' to 28' RL 5 Jorge Zerbino LL 4 Santiago Vilaseca (c)  52' TP 3 Carlos Arboleya HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach  51' LP 1 Alejo Corral  40' Replacements: PR 16 Mario Sagario  51' PR 17 Mateo Sanguinetti 59' to 69'  40' FL 18 Agustín Alonso LK 19 Franco Lamanna  52' FL 20 Diego Magno FL 21 Fernando Bascou  78' FH 22 Manuel Blengio  78' CE 23 Andrés Vilaseca  78' Coach: 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  78' N8 8 Maxime Mbanda  44' OF 7 Emiliano Caffini BF 6 Sebastian Negri RL 5 Alessio Zdrilich  45' LL 4 Federico Ruzza TP 3 Pietro Ceccarelli  59' HK 2 Oliviero Fabiani 64' to 74' LP 1 Federico Zani  53' Replacements: HK 16 Luca Bigi PR 17 Laert Naka  53' PR 18 Giuseppe Di Stefano  59' LK 19 Filippo Gerosa  45' FL 20 Matteo Corazzi SH 21 Simone Parisotto FB 22 Christian Becerra N8 23 Mirko Amenta  44' Coach: Umberto Casellato

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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[8]	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 47' to 57' OC 13 Revaz Gigauri IC 12 Tamaz Mtchedlidze LW 11 Giorgi Pruidze  59' FH 10 Mamuka Ninidze SH 9 Giorgi Begadze  64' N8 8 Lasha Lomidze  35' OF 7 Giorgi Chkhaidze BF 6 Beka Bitsadze RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze LL 4 Levan Datunashvili (c)  11' TP 3 Anton Peikrishvili  48' HK 2 Simon Maisuradze  48' LP 1 Zurab Zhvania  73' Replacements: PR 16 Jaba Bregvadze  48' HK 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili  73' PR 18 Irakli Mirtskhulava  48' LK 19 Otar Giorgadze  11' FL 20 Saba Shubitidze  35' SH 21 Vazha Khutsishvili  64' FH 22 Irakli Svanidze  59' WG 23 Giorgi Aptsiauri Coach: Milton Haig

FB 15 Tiernan O'Halloran RW 14 Andrew Conway OC 13 Stuart McCloskey IC 12 Noel Reid  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)  7' LL 4 Ben Marshall TP 3 Stephen Archer  73' HK 2 Rob Herring  73' LP 1 James Cronin Replacements: PR 16 Dave Heffernan  73' HK 17 Denis Buckley PR 18 Finlay Bealham  73' LK 19 Andrew Browne  7' FL 20 Frankie Taggart SH 21 John Cooney CE 22 Eoin Griffin  59' FB 23 Peter Nelson Coach: Allen Clarke

See also

• 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup
• 2015 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup