Scotland v Georgia

Date:

Venue: Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Attendance: 54,212

Scotland v Georgia Match Reports

Scotland came from behind to score five tries and beat Georgia in a World Cup warm-up at Murrayfield. The home side failed to score in a frustrating first half, which saw Georgia take a 6-0 lead through two Luka Matkava penalty kicks. After the break, Scotland came out a different side scoring three tries in the third quarter through Duhan van der Merwe, Rory Darge and Jack Dempsey. Kyle Steyn added a fourth try in the 68th minute as Scotland pulled even further away from Georgia. Duhan van der Merwe bagged a second try in the final minutes as Scotland registered a comfortable victory in their final warm-up match. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v Georgia - Match Highlights

Scotland v Georgia - Match Stats

Scotland (0) 33
Try: Van der Merwe (46', 78'), Darge (51'), Dempsey (59'), Steyn (68')
Conversion: Russell (48', 52'), Healy (60', 70')

Georgia (6) 6
Penalty: Matkava (12', 21')

Man of the match: Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)


Scotland v Georgia - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Jamie Bhatti
  • 2 Dave Cherry
  • 3 WP Nel
  • 4 Sam Skinner
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Jamie Ritchie (Captain)
  • 7 Rory Darge
  • 8 Jack Dempsey

Backs

  • 9 Ben White
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sione Tuipulotu
  • 13 Huw Jones
  • 14 Kyle Steyn
  • 15 Ollie Smith

Replacements

  • 16 Ewan Ashman
  • 17 Rory Sutherland
  • 18 Javan Sebastian
  • 19 Scott Cummings
  • 20 Matt Fagerson
  • 21 George Horne
  • 22 Ben Healy
  • 23 Chris Harris

Georgia Team

Forwards

  • 1 Mikheil Nariashvili
  • 2 Shalva Mamukashvili
  • 3 Beka Gigashvili
  • 4 Lado Chachanidze
  • 5 Kote Mikautadze
  • 6 Luka Ivanishvili
  • 7 Mikheil Gachechiladze
  • 8 Tornike Jalaghonia

Backs

  • 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze
  • 10 Luka Matkava
  • 11 Mirian Modebadze
  • 12 Merab Sharikadze (Captain)
  • 13 Deme Tafladze
  • 14 Akaki Tabutsadze
  • 15 Davit Niniashvili

Replacements

  • 16 Tengiz Zamtaradze
  • 17 Guram Gogichashvili
  • 18 Guram Papidze
  • 19 Lasha Jayani
  • 20 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
  • 21 Gela Afrasidze
  • 22 Tedo Abzhandadze
  • 23 Giorgi Kveseladze