{"id":9713,"date":"2013-06-07T13:13:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T01:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/?p=9713"},"modified":"2013-06-07T13:13:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T01:13:53","slug":"emerging-stars-ready-to-shine-at-tbilisi-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2013\/06\/emerging-stars-ready-to-shine-at-tbilisi-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging stars ready to shine at Tbilisi Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow @RedefinedRugby<\/a><\/p>\n

\"tbilisi\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lelostream<\/h2>\n
\n
\n

IRB Tbilisi Cup 2013 (Live)<\/h2>\n

(17:00) Uruguay – SA President’s XV
\n(19:00) Georgia – Emerging Ireland<\/h2>\n

http:\/\/new.livestream.com\/9tv9\/events\/1657363<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

\u00a0\"EmergingFrom L-R Ireland Captain Rhys Ruddock, Georgia Captain Irakli Machkhaneli, Uruguay Captain Arturo Avalo and South African Presidents XV Captain Brendan Snyman assemble with the Tbilisi Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The newly-established Tbilisi Cup, which gets underway on Friday evening, is part of the IRB\u2019s ongoing strategy of increasing the competition schedule for Tier Two nations.<\/p>\n

The host nation, Georgia, will be going head to head with fellow Rugby World Cup 2015 hopefuls, Uruguay, as well as Emerging Ireland and a South Africa President\u2019s XV.<\/p>\n

Uruguay and the South Africa President\u2019s XV kick-off round one of the tournament at 17.00 local time, at Avchala Stadium.<\/p>\n

Coaches and captains from the four competing nations assembled on Wednesday afternoon for the pre-tournament press conference and photo-call to increase the sense of anticipation around the Georgian capital.<\/p>\n

South Africa President\u2019s XV Coach, Jimmy Stonehouse, cannot wait for the action to get underway. He said: \u201cIt is very important we start well tomorrow night. They (Uruguay) will be very physical and we will have to be prepared for that confrontation. Uruguay are looking to qualify for the next Rugby World Cup so they are going to look to put in strong performances throughout this tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uruguay Coach, Pablo Lemoine, is confident the side he has brought over will give a good account of themselves. He said \u201cUnfortunately we were unable to bring the strongest squad available as we have suffered with quite a few injuries. However, we have talent in this squad with some strong characters. The challenge for the younger players is to prove they can compete at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hosts will then take on Emerging Ireland at 19.00 in what is sure to be a fiercely contested fixture.<\/p>\n

Georgia Coach, the New Zealander Milton Haig is expecting a very competitive tournament. \u201cThe competition has four very good teams participating and there will be no easy matches, especially with the short turnarounds between games, which adds another challenge to the players and coaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur squad has a good blend of youth and experience and the tournament will give all of the players a chance to showcase their skills in front of the selectors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emerging Ireland have named a squad full of future talent. Coach, Allen Clarke said: \u201cWe are using this tournament to blood a lot of young players. The Tbilisi Cup for us is about experience and exposure. The majority of this squad will have their eye on Rugby World Cup 2015 and 2019. \u201c<\/p>\n

Team news<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uruguay and the South Africa President\u2019s XV have both announced their teams for tomorrow night\u2019s round one clash.<\/p>\n

Arturo Avalo will captain the South American side from the front row with Agustin Del Castillo and Alejo Duran forming the half back combination.<\/p>\n

South African President\u2019s XV will be led out by lock forward Brendon Snyman, who will form a second row partnership with the appropriately named Giant Mtyanda. Jaco Bouwer, Uzair Cassiem and Zandre Jordaan make up the back of the scrum.<\/p>\n

The Georgians will be captained by winger, Irakli Machkhaneli when they take on Emerging Ireland. The hosts will be strong up front with Irakli Mirtskhulava, \u00a0Revaz Belkania and Levan Chilachava looking to set a solid platform for the backline to play off.<\/p>\n

Emerging Ireland include winger Niall Morris, who recently won the Aviva Premiership title in England with Leicester Tigers, and will be captained by Rhys Ruddock \u2013 son of Wales Grand Slam-winning coach Mike – at flanker.<\/p>\n

Uruguay Team\u00a0<\/strong>
\n15. Jeronimo Etcheverry; 14. Pablo Bueno; 13. Joaquin Prada; 12. Alberto Roman; 11. Leandro Leivas; 10. Agustin Del Castillo; 9. Alejo Duran; 1. Rodolfo De Mula; 2. Arturo Avalo (Captain); 3. Mario Sagario; 4. Rodrigo Espiga; 5. Franco Lamanna; 6. Juan De Freitas; 7. Fernando Bascou; 8. Juan Gaminara
\nReplacements: 16. Nicolas Klappenbach; 17. Alejo Corral; 18. Gaston Ibarburu; 19. Jose Coronel; 20. Juan Tasistro; 21. German Albanell; 22. Santiago Core<\/p>\n

South Africa President\u2019s XV Team<\/strong>
\n15. Jacquin Jansen; 14. Jerome Pretorius; 13. Stefan Watermeyer; 12. Adriaan Engelbrecht; 11. Wilmaure Louw; 10. Ricardo Croy; 9. Sinovuyo Nyoka; 1. Khwezilokusa Mkhafu; \u00a02. Ashton Constant; 3. Martin Dreyer; \u00a04. Brendon Snyman (Captain); \u00a05. Giant Mtyanda; \u00a06. Jaco Bouwer; \u00a07. Uzair Cassiem; 8. Zandr\u00e9 Jordaan;
\nReplacements: 16: Frank Herne; 17. Ivann Espag; 18. Eduan van der Walt; 19. Renaldo Bothma; 20. Kebe Ntando; 21. Rosko Speckman; 22. Coenraad van Wyk<\/p>\n

Georgia Team<\/strong>
\n15. Beka Tsiklauri; 14. Irakli Machkhaneli (Captain); 13. Davit Kaaharava; 12. Merab Sharikadze; 11. Tamaz Mchedlidze; 10. Lasha Malaguradze; 9. Giorgi Begadze; 1. Irakli Mirtskhulava; 2. Revaz Belkania; 3. Levan Chilachava; 4. Vakhtang Maisuradze; 5. Kote Mikautadze; 6. Shalva SSutiashvili; 7. Viktor Kolelishvili; 8. Giorgi Ckhaidze
\nReplacements: 16. Giorgi Tetrashvili; 17. Simon Maisuradze; 18. Giorgi Nemsadze; 19. Givi Berishvili; 20. Vazha Khutsishvili; 21. Todua Aleksandre; 22. Tedore Zibzibadze<\/p>\n

Emerging Ireland Team<\/strong><\/p>\n

15. David Kearney; 14. Niall Morris; 13. Eoin Griffin; 12. Michael Allen; 11. Tiernan O\u2019Halloran; 10. Ian Keatley; 9. Michael Heaney; 1. Jack McGrath; 2. Robert Herring; 3. Michael Bent; 4. Lewis Stevenson; 5. David Foley; 6. Rhys Ruddock (Captain); 7. Dominic Ryan; 8. Robbie Diack
\nReplacements: 16. Niall Annett; 17. Richard Lutton; 18. Ian Nagle; 19. Jordi Murphy; 20. John Cooney; 21. Noel Reid; 22. Brendan Macken<\/p>\n

SOURCE: http:\/\/www.irb.com<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>\"WorldRugbyShop.com\"<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Follow @RedefinedRugby Lelostream IRB Tbilisi Cup 2013 (Live) (17:00) Uruguay – SA President’s XV (19:00) Georgia – Emerging Ireland http:\/\/new.livestream.com\/9tv9\/events\/1657363 \u00a0From L-R Ireland Captain Rhys Ruddock, Georgia Captain Irakli Machkhaneli, Uruguay Captain Arturo Avalo and South African Presidents XV Captain Brendan Snyman assemble with the Tbilisi Cup The newly-established Tbilisi Cup, which gets underway on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1647,3536,3836],"class_list":["post-9713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-georgian-capital","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-south-african-presidents"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9yf19-2wF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9827,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2013\/06\/irb-tbilisi-cup-2013-georgia-emerging-ireland\/","url_meta":{"origin":9713,"position":0},"title":"IRB Tbilisi Cup 2013: Georgia – Emerging Ireland","author":"RugbyRedefined","date":"June 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"tbilisi","src":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/tbilisi.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19479,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2014\/06\/romania-poised-to-host-best-ever-nations-cup\/","url_meta":{"origin":9713,"position":1},"title":"Romania poised to host best-ever Nations Cup","author":"RugbyRedefined","date":"June 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby The ninth edition of the IRB Nations Cup gets underway on Friday, with host nation Romania, Russia, Uruguay and Emerging Ireland competing for the trophy. By Chris Thau in Bucharest With one of the four participating teams at the IRB Nations Cup already qualified for Rugby World Cup\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Emerging Ireland\"","block_context":{"text":"Emerging Ireland","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/tag\/emerging-ireland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"nationscup","src":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/nationscup.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9773,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2013\/06\/sa-presidents-xv-stage-comeback-in-tbilisi\/","url_meta":{"origin":9713,"position":2},"title":"SA President's XV stage comeback in Tbilisi","author":"RugbyRedefined","date":"June 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby \u00a0Adriaan Engelbrecht crosses the whitewash for SA President's XV v Uruguay. Photo: Tamuna Kulumbegashvili A 2,000-strong capacity crowd were treated to two excellent games of rugby in round one of the inaugural Tbilisi Cup at the Avchala Stadium on Friday evening. The tournament, which is the newest of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"sports\"","block_context":{"text":"sports","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/tag\/sports\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"tbilisi","src":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/tbilisi.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9718,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2013\/06\/international-rugby-diary-7-june-12-june\/","url_meta":{"origin":9713,"position":3},"title":"INTERNATIONAL RUGBY DIARY "7 June – 12 June"","author":"RugbyRedefined","date":"June 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby A Huge weekend of INTERNATIONAL RUGBY - Tours , Championships , World Cup Qualifying , RugbyRedefined shall attempt to keep you all up to date with NEWS ! SCORES and any news we can scour online or from our reporters based around the world ..... So kick off\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"wallpaper1","src":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/wallpaper1.gif?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19475,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2014\/06\/rising-stars-primed-for-tbilisi-cup-2014\/","url_meta":{"origin":9713,"position":4},"title":"Rising stars primed for Tbilisi Cup 2014","author":"RugbyRedefined","date":"June 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby The Tbilisi Cup commences this Saturday, 14 June in the Georgian capital as Spain, Emerging Italy, Argentina Jaguars and Georgia battle it out in the round-robin competition. By Andrew Hogan, Tbilisi The Tbilisi Cup, part of the IRB\u2019s ongoing commitment to increase the competition schedule for Tier Two\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"tb2014","src":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/tb2014.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19491,"url":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/uncategorized\/2014\/06\/preview-tbilisi-cup-georgia-vs-spain\/","url_meta":{"origin":9713,"position":5},"title":"Preview | Tbilisi Cup | Georgia vs Spain","author":"RugbyRedefined","date":"June 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Follow @RedefinedRugby live streaming all the matches via http:\/\/site.rugby.ge\/ka-GE\/video-player\/ Sat 14 June 17:00 GET \/ 13:00 GMT - Georgia v Spain 19:00 GET \/ 15:00 GMT - Emerging Italy v Argentina Jaguars The Tbilisi Cup commences this Saturday, 14 June in the Georgian Cup Division 1A rivals Georgia meet Spain\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"argentina\"","block_context":{"text":"argentina","link":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/tag\/argentina-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"tb2014","src":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/tb2014.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugbyredefined.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}