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2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup

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{{Infobox Six Nations Championship

| name = 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| date = 7 – 16 June 2013

| countries = {{ru|GEO}}
{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XV
{{ru|URU}}

| teams = 4

| champions = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XV

| count = 1

| matches = 6

| attendance = 6000

| tries = 28

| top point scorer = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Ian Keatley (40 points)

| top try scorer = {{flagicon|RSA}} Uzair Cassiem (2 tries)
{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Ian Keatley
{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Niall Morris

| Player of the tournament =

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070829165226/http://www.irb.com/tournaments/index.html Official website]

| previous year =

| previous tournament =

| next year = 2014

| next tournament = 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2066239.html |title=Georgia to host IRB Tbilisi Cup in June |work=International Rugby Board |date=9 April 2013 |accessdate=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427063050/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid%3D2066239.html |archivedate=27 April 2013 }}

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" style="width:8%;"|Position

! rowspan="2" style="width:20%;"|Nation

! colspan="4" style="width:32%;"|Games

! colspan="4" style="width:32%;"|Points

! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|Bonus
points

! rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|Table
points

style="width:8%;"|Played

! style="width:8%;"|Won

! style="width:8%;"|Drawn

! style="width:8%;"|Lost

! style="width:8%;"|For

! style="width:8%;"|Against

! style="width:8%;"|Difference

! style="width:8%;"|Tries

1align="left"|{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XV

|3

3007733+449113
2align="left"|{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland

|3

2017067+3819
3align="left"|{{ru|GEO}}

|3

1025844+14626
4align="left"|{{ru|URU}}

|3

00345106−61511

Fixtures

All times are local

=Matchday 1=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 7 June 2013

|time = 17:00 GET (UTC+4)

|home = {{ru-rt|URU}}

|score = 9 – 37

(9–15)

|report = IRB{{Cite web |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067286.html#sa+presidents+xv+stage+comeback+tbilisi |title = International Rugby Board - SA President's XV stage comeback in Tbilisi |access-date=2013-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612051000/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067286.html#sa+presidents+xv+stage+comeback+tbilisi |archive-date=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead }}
[http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/180903.html ESPN]

|away = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XV

|pen1 = Etcheverry (2/5) 5' 32'

|drop1 = Etcheverry (1/1) 1'

|try2 = Cassiem (2) 22' m 53' m
Bothma 12' m
Engelbrecht 27' m
Louw 71' c
Mkhafu 80' c

|con2 = Croy (2/6) 72' 80'

|pen2 = Croy (1/2) 70'

|stadium =

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
FB15Jerónimo Etcheverry
RW14Pablo Bueno{{suboff|61}}
OC13Joaquin Prada{{blood bin|58|61}}
IC12Alberto Román
LW11Leandro Leivas
FH10Agustín del Castillo
SH9Alejo Durán
N88Juan Manuel Gaminara
OF7Fernando Bascou
BF6Juan de Freitas{{suboff|66}}
RL5Francisco Lamanna
LL4Rodrigo Espiga{{suboff|73}}
TP3Mario Sagario{{suboff|66}}
HK2Arturo Ávalo (c){{suboff|48}}
LP1Rodolfo de Mula{{suboff|48}}
colspan=3|Replacements:
PR16Alejo Corral{{subon|48}}
HK17Nicolás Klappenbach{{subon|48}}
PR18Gaston Ibarburu{{subon|66}}
LK19José Coronel{{subon|73}}
FL20Juan Tassistro{{subon|66}}
FH21Germán Albanell{{subon|66}}
CE22Santiago Core{{subon|58}}{{suboff|66}}
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|URU}} Pablo Lemoine

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
width="25"|width="25"|
FB15Jacquin Jansen{{suboff|62}}
RW14Wilmaure Louw
OC13Stefan Watermeyer{{suboff|70}}
IC12Adriaan Engelbrecht
LW11Jerome Pretorius
FH10Ricardo Croy
SH9Sinovuyo Nyoka{{suboff|70}}
N88Renaldo Bothma{{suboff|62}}
OF7Uzair Cassiem
BF6Jaco Bouwer
RL5Giant Mtyanda
LL4Brendon Snyman (c){{suboff|72}}
TP3Martin Dreyer
HK2Ashton Constant{{suboff|62}}
LP1Khwezi Mkhafu
colspan=3|Replacements:
HK16Frank Herne{{subon|62}}
PR17Ivann Espag{{subon|65}}
LK18Eduan van der Walt{{subon|72}}
N819Brian Shabangu{{subon|62}}
SH20Ntando Kebe{{subon|79}}
CE21Rosko Specman{{subon|70}}
FB22Coenie van Wyk{{subon|62}}
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|RSA}} Jimmy Stonehouse

|}

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{{rugbybox

|date = 7 June 2013

|time = 19:00 GET (UTC+4)

|home = {{ru-rt|GEO}}

|score = 15 – 20

(10–6)

|report = IRB
[http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/180904.html ESPN]

|away = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland

|try1 = Chkhaidze 40' c
Mchedlidze 57' m

|con1 = Tsiklauri (1/2) 40'

|pen1 = Tsiklauri (1/3) 27'

|try2 = Kearney 42' m

|con2 =

|pen2 = Keatley (5/6) 10', 24', 54', 79', 80'

|stadium =

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Nick Briant (NZRU)

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="50%"|

{| style="font-size: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
FB15Beka Tsiklauri
RW14Irakli Machkhaneli (c)
OC13David Kacharava
IC12Merab Sharikadze{{suboff|76}}
LW11Tamaz Mtchedlidze
FH10Lasha Malaguradze
SH9Giorgi Begadze
N88Giorgi Chkhaidze
OF7Viktor Kolelishvili
BF6Shalva Sutiashvili
RL5Kote Mikautadze{{suboff|78}}
LL4Vakhtang Maisuradze{{suboff|68}}
TP3Levan Chilachava{{suboff|60}}
HK2Revaz Belkania{{suboff|68}}
LP1Irakli Mirtskhulava
colspan=3|Replacements:
PR16Giorgi Tetrashvili{{subon|60}}
HK17Simon Maisuradze{{subon|68}}
LK18Giorgi Nemsadze{{subon|68}}{{sin bin|80|end}}
FL19Givi Berishvili{{subon|78}}
SH20Vazha Khutsishvili
FH21Alexander Todua
CE22Tedo Zibzibadze{{subon|76}}
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|NZL}} Milton Haig

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
width="25"|width="25"|
FB15David Kearney
RW14Niall Morris
OC13Eoin Griffin{{suboff|67}}
IC12Michael Allen{{suboff|49}}
LW11Tiernan O'Halloran
FH10Ian Keatley
SH9Michael Heaney{{suboff|52}}
N88Robbie Diack
OF7Dominic Ryan{{suboff|67}}
BF6Rhys Ruddock (c)
RL5David Foley
LL4Lewis Stevenson{{suboff|40}}
TP3Michael Bent
HK2Robert Herring{{suboff|72}}
LP1Jack McGrath
colspan=3|Replacements:
HK16Niall Annett{{subon|72}}
PR17Richard Lutton
LK18Ian Nagle{{subon|40}}
FL19Jordi Murphy{{subon|67}}
SH20John Cooney{{subon|52}}
FH21Noel Reid{{subon|49}}
CE22Brendan Macken{{subon|67}}
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Allen Clarke

|}

----

=Matchday 2=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 11 June 2013

|time = 17:00 GET (UTC+4)

|home = Emerging Ireland {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}}

|score = 8 – 19

(3–10)

|report = {{cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/29341.php |title=Emerging Ireland Suffer Tbilisi Defeat |date=11 June 2013 |work=irishrugby.ie |access-date=12 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115070741/http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/29341.php |archive-date=15 January 2014 }}
[http://site.rugby.ge/_rugby/files/2013-0611-03-IRE-RSA_EN_0.pdf rugby.ge]

|away = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XV

|try1 = Allen 61' m

|con1 =

|pen1 = Keatley (1/2) 17'

|try2 = Bock 11' c

|con2 = Bezuidenhout (1/1)

|pen2 = Bezuidenhout (4/4) 6', 43', 48', 79'

|stadium =

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Nick Briant (NZRU)

}}

----

{{Rugbybox

|date = 11 June 2013

|time = 19:00 GET (UTC+4)

|home = {{ru-rt|GEO}}

|score = 27 – 3

(17–0)

|report = IRB{{Cite web |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067415.html#bezuidenhout+kicks+presidents+xv+victory |title = International Rugby Board - Bezuidenhout kicks President's XV to victory |access-date=2013-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618051701/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067415.html#bezuidenhout+kicks+presidents+xv+victory |archive-date=2013-06-18 |url-status=dead }}
[http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/180908.html ESPN]

|away = {{ru|URU}}

|try1 = Todua 9' c
Zibzibadze 34' c
Nemsadze 51' c

|con1 = Tsiklauri (3/3)

|pen1 = Tsiklauri (2/4) 1', 42'

|pen2 = Albanell (1) 56'

|stadium =

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Vlad Iordăchescu (FRR)

}}

=Matchday 3=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 16 June 2013

|time = 14:00 GET (UTC+4)

|home = {{ru-rt|URU}}

|score = 33–42

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Second Place Finish For Emerging Ireland |url=https://www.irishrugby.ie/report_nostats/second-place-finish-for-emerging-ireland/ |website=Irish Rugby |access-date=1 November 2022}}

|away = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland

|try1 = Gaminara 13' c
Espiga 52' c
Albanell 60' c
Román 66' m
de Freitas 80' c

|con1 = Etcheverry (1)
Prada (3)

|try2 = O'Halloran 4' c
Keatley (2) 9' c, 17' c
Morris (2) 43' c, 48' c
Annett 56' c

|con2 = Keatley (6/6)

|stadium =

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Vlad Iordăchescu (FRR)

}}

----

{{Rugbybox

|date = 16 June 2013

|time = 16:00 GET (UTC+4)

|home = {{ru-rt|GEO}}

|score = 16–21

|report = IRB{{cite web |url=http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid=2067589.html#sa+presidents+xv+tbilisi+cup |title=SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup |date=2013-06-16 |website=www.irb.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619064230/http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/regional/newsid%3D2067589.html |archive-date=2013-06-19}}
[http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/180914.html ESPN]

|away = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XV

|try1 = Chilachava 19' c

|con1 = Tsiklauri (1/1)

|pen1 = Tsiklauri (3) 11', 28', 46'

|try2 = Specman 36' c
Van der Walt 57' m

|con2 = Bezuidenhout (1)

|pen2 = Bezuidenhout (3) 2', 6', 21'

|stadium =

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)

}}

Statistics

{{Col-start}}

{{Col-2}}

=Leading point scorers=

class="wikitable"
Pos

!Name

!Team

!Points

style="background:#d0ffd0;"

| align=center | 1

Ian Keatley{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandalign=center | 40
align=center | 2Beka Tsiklauri{{flagicon|GEO}} Georgiaalign=center | 28
align=center | 3Carl Bezuidenhout{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XValign=center | 25
align=center | 4Jerónimo Etcheverry{{flagicon|URU}} Uruguayalign=center | 11
rowspan= 2 align=center | 5Uzair Cassiem{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XVrowspan=2 align=center | 10
Niall Morris{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
align=center | 7Ricardo Croy{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XValign=center | 7
align=center | 8German Albanell{{flagicon|URU}} Uruguayalign=center | 8
align=center | 9Joaquin Prada{{flagicon|URU}} Uruguayalign=center | 6

{{Col-2}}

=Leading try scorers=

class="wikitable"
Pos

!Name

!Team

!Tries

style="background:#d0ffd0;"

| rowspan= 3 align=center | 1

Uzair Cassiem{{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa President's XVrowspan=3 align=center | 2
style="background:#d0ffd0;"

| Ian Keatley

{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
style="background:#d0ffd0;"

| Niall Morris

{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
align=center | 4colspan=2 | 22 playersalign=center | 1

{{col-end}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.irb.com/}}

{{IRB Tbilisi Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tbilisi Cup}}

Category:World Rugby Tbilisi Cup

Category:2013 rugby union tournaments for national teams

Category:2013 in Georgian sport

Category:2013 in Uruguayan sport

Category:2013 in South African rugby union

Category:2012–13 in Irish rugby union