2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup
# 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.

Emerging Ireland won the tournament with three from three victories, taking the Tbilisi Cup for their first ever time.

## Standings

| | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bonus points | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | For | Against | Bonus points | Points |
| 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.

### Matchday 1

* 13 June 2015 17:00 GET (UTC+4)

| Emerging Italy | 0–25 | Emerging Ireland |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | 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 ||

* 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 | 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 | 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 ||

* 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 | 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 | 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 ||

* 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 | 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 ||
