Ireland 23-10 Georgia
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Attendance: Played behind closed doors
Ireland v Georgia Match Reports
Ireland struggled to beat a battling Georgia 23-10 in Dublin to set up an Autumn Nations Cup third-place play-off against Scotland. Billy Burns and Hugo Keenan scored Ireland's two tries, but it was Giorgi Kveseladze's brilliant solo try for Georgia that caught the eye. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Pleasure and pain for Billy Burns as Ireland defeat Georgia in Dublin
- BBC: Ireland labour to win over Georgia to finish second in group
- Sky Sports: Uninspired Irish beat Georgia
- Irish Independent: Long week ahead after Ireland labour to unconvincing victory over Georgia
- Irish Times: Ireland grind their way to grisly win over Georgia
Ireland v Georgia - Match Highlights
Ireland v Georgia - Match Stats
Ireland: (20) 23
Try: Burns (9'), Keenan (34')
Conversion: Burns (10', 35')
Penalty: Burns (14', 23'), Byrne (59')
Georgia: (7) 10
Try: Kveseladze (17')
Conversion: Abzhandadze (18')
Penalty: Abzhandadze (48')
Man of the match: Iain Henderson (Ireland)
Ireland v Georgia - Team Line-ups
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Finlay Bealham
- 2 Rob Herring
- 3 Andrew Porter
- 4 Iain Henderson
- 5 James Ryan (Captain)
- 6 Tadhg Beirne
- 7 Will Connors
- 8 CJ Stander
Backs
- 9 Conor Murray
- 10 Billy Burns
- 11 Keith Earls
- 12 Stuart McCloskey
- 13 Chris Farrell
- 14 Hugo Keenan
- 15 Jacob Stockdale
Replacements
- 16 Dave Heffernan
- 17 Cian Healy
- 18 John Ryan
- 19 Quinn Roux
- 20 Peter O’Mahony
- 21 Kieran Marmion
- 22 Ross Byrne
- 23 Shane Daly
Georgia Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Mikheil Nariashvili
- 2 Shalva Mamukashvili
- 3 Beka Gigashvili
- 4 Nodar Cheishvili
- 5 Lasha Jaiani
- 6 Beka Saginadze
- 7 Tornike Jalagonia
- 8 Beka Gorgadze
Backs
- 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze
- 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
- 11 Tamaz Mchedlidze
- 12 Merab Sharikadze (Captain)
- 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
- 14 Akaki Tabutsadze
- 15 Soso Matiashvili
Replacements
- 16 Giorgi Chkoidze
- 17 Lexo Kaulashvili
- 18 Giorgi Melikidze
- 19 Giorgi Javakhia
- 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze
- 21 Mikheil Alania
- 22 Demur Tapladze
- 23 David Niniashvili