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2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Date	7 – 16 June 2013
Countries	Georgia Emerging Ireland South Africa President's XV  Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Champions	South Africa President's XV (1st title)
Matches played	6
Attendance	6,000 (1,000 per match)
Tries scored	28 (4.67 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ian Keatley (40 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Uzair Cassiem (2 tries) Ian Keatley Niall Morris
Official website	Official website
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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.

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

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	South Africa President's XV	3	3	0	0	77	33	+44	9	1	13
2	Emerging Ireland	3	2	0	1	70	67	+3	8	1	9
3	Georgia	3	1	0	2	58	44	+14	6	2	6
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	45	106	−61	5	1	1

Fixtures

All times are local

Matchday 1

Uruguay	9 – 37 (9–15)	South Africa President's XV
Pen: Etcheverry (2/5) 5' 32' Drop: Etcheverry (1/1) 1'	IRB ESPN	Try: Cassiem (2) 22' m 53' m Bothma 12' m Engelbrecht 27' m Louw 71' c Mkhafu 80' c Con: Croy (2/6) 72' 80' Pen: Croy (1/2) 70'

FB 15 Jerónimo Etcheverry RW 14 Pablo Bueno  61' OC 13 Joaquin Prada 58' to 61' IC 12 Alberto Román LW 11 Leandro Leivas FH 10 Agustín del Castillo SH 9 Alejo Durán N8 8 Juan Manuel Gaminara OF 7 Fernando Bascou BF 6 Juan de Freitas  66' RL 5 Francisco Lamanna LL 4 Rodrigo Espiga  73' TP 3 Mario Sagario  66' HK 2 Arturo Ávalo (c)  48' LP 1 Rodolfo de Mula  48' Replacements: PR 16 Alejo Corral  48' HK 17 Nicolás Klappenbach  48' PR 18 Gaston Ibarburu  66' LK 19 José Coronel  73' FL 20 Juan Tassistro  66' FH 21 Germán Albanell  66' CE 22 Santiago Core  58'  66' Coach: Pablo Lemoine

FB 15 Jacquin Jansen  62' RW 14 Wilmaure Louw OC 13 Stefan Watermeyer  70' IC 12 Adriaan Engelbrecht LW 11 Jerome Pretorius FH 10 Ricardo Croy SH 9 Sinovuyo Nyoka  70' N8 8 Renaldo Bothma  62' OF 7 Uzair Cassiem BF 6 Jaco Bouwer RL 5 Giant Mtyanda LL 4 Brendon Snyman (c)  72' TP 3 Martin Dreyer HK 2 Ashton Constant  62' LP 1 Khwezi Mkhafu Replacements: HK 16 Frank Herne  62' PR 17 Ivann Espag  65' LK 18 Eduan van der Walt  72' N8 19 Brian Shabangu  62' SH 20 Ntando Kebe  79' CE 21 Rosko Specman  70' FB 22 Coenie van Wyk  62' Coach: Jimmy Stonehouse

Georgia	15 – 20 (10–6)	Emerging Ireland
Try: Chkhaidze 40' c Mchedlidze 57' m Con: Tsiklauri (1/2) 40' Pen: Tsiklauri (1/3) 27'	IRB ESPN	Try: Kearney 42' m Pen: Keatley (5/6) 10', 24', 54', 79', 80'

FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri RW 14 Irakli Machkhaneli (c) OC 13 David Kacharava IC 12 Merab Sharikadze  76' LW 11 Tamaz Mtchedlidze FH 10 Lasha Malaguradze SH 9 Giorgi Begadze N8 8 Giorgi Chkhaidze OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili BF 6 Shalva Sutiashvili RL 5 Kote Mikautadze  78' LL 4 Vakhtang Maisuradze  68' TP 3 Levan Chilachava  60' HK 2 Revaz Belkania  68' LP 1 Irakli Mirtskhulava Replacements: PR 16 Giorgi Tetrashvili  60' HK 17 Simon Maisuradze  68' LK 18 Giorgi Nemsadze  68' 80' to end' FL 19 Givi Berishvili  78' SH 20 Vazha Khutsishvili FH 21 Alexander Todua CE 22 Tedo Zibzibadze  76' Coach: Milton Haig

FB 15 David Kearney RW 14 Niall Morris OC 13 Eoin Griffin  67' IC 12 Michael Allen  49' LW 11 Tiernan O'Halloran FH 10 Ian Keatley SH 9 Michael Heaney  52' N8 8 Robbie Diack OF 7 Dominic Ryan  67' BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c) RL 5 David Foley LL 4 Lewis Stevenson  40' TP 3 Michael Bent HK 2 Robert Herring  72' LP 1 Jack McGrath Replacements: HK 16 Niall Annett  72' PR 17 Richard Lutton LK 18 Ian Nagle  40' FL 19 Jordi Murphy  67' SH 20 John Cooney  52' FH 21 Noel Reid  49' CE 22 Brendan Macken  67' Coach: Allen Clarke

Matchday 2

Emerging Ireland	8 – 19 (3–10)	South Africa President's XV
Try: Allen 61' m Pen: Keatley (1/2) 17'	rugby.ge	Try: Bock 11' c Con: Bezuidenhout (1/1) Pen: Bezuidenhout (4/4) 6', 43', 48', 79'

Georgia	27 – 3 (17–0)	Uruguay
Try: Todua 9' c Zibzibadze 34' c Nemsadze 51' c Con: Tsiklauri (3/3) Pen: Tsiklauri (2/4) 1', 42'	IRB ESPN	Pen: Albanell (1) 56'

Matchday 3

Uruguay	33–42	Emerging Ireland
Try: Gaminara 13' c Espiga 52' c Albanell 60' c Román 66' m de Freitas 80' c Con: Etcheverry (1) Prada (3)	Report	Try: O'Halloran 4' c Keatley (2) 9' c, 17' c Morris (2) 43' c, 48' c Annett 56' c Con: Keatley (6/6)

Georgia	16–21	South Africa President's XV
Try: Chilachava 19' c Con: Tsiklauri (1/1) Pen: Tsiklauri (3) 11', 28', 46'	IRB ESPN	Try: Specman 36' c Van der Walt 57' m Con: Bezuidenhout (1) Pen: Bezuidenhout (3) 2', 6', 21'

Statistics

Leading point scorers Pos Name Team Points 1 Ian Keatley Emerging Ireland 40 2 Beka Tsiklauri Georgia 28 3 Carl Bezuidenhout South Africa President's XV 25 4 Jerónimo Etcheverry Uruguay 11 5 Uzair Cassiem South Africa President's XV 10 Niall Morris Emerging Ireland 7 Ricardo Croy South Africa President's XV 7 8 German Albanell Uruguay 8 9 Joaquin Prada Uruguay 6

Leading try scorers Pos Name Team Tries 1 Uzair Cassiem South Africa President's XV 2 Ian Keatley Emerging Ireland Niall Morris Emerging Ireland 4 22 players 1

See also

• 2013 IRB Nations Cup
• 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

References

1. "Georgia to host IRB Tbilisi Cup in June". International Rugby Board. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
2. ^ "International Rugby Board - SA President's XV stage comeback in Tbilisi". Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
3. "Emerging Ireland Suffer Tbilisi Defeat". irishrugby.ie. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
4. "International Rugby Board - Bezuidenhout kicks President's XV to victory". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
5. "Second Place Finish For Emerging Ireland". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
6. "SA President's XV win Tbilisi Cup". www.irb.com. 16 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013.

External links

• Official website

• World Rugby Tbilisi Cup
• 2013 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• 2013 in Georgian sport
• 2013 in Uruguayan sport
• 2013 in South African rugby union
• 2012–13 in Irish rugby union