Milton Haig, head coach of Georgian national rugby team, named those 23 rugby players who will play against Canadians on November 9.
In the preliminary outline of New Zealandish specialist was carried out a force change. Giorgi Chkhaidze will play instead of Dimitri Basilaia to bind the scrum. Basilaia injured his hand on Tuesday at the practice and due to this he will miss approximately 2 months and Chkhaidze will take his position, who plays for “Tarbes” of Pro D2 under the number 8.
Tomorrow afternoon the teams of Canada and Georgia will held the final, so-called captain practices at the “Dinamo Arena” and in the middle the press conferences will be held. In case of winning, “The Lelos” will get 1,2 points in the ranking of IRB, and if the difference will be 15 or more points, then they will get 1,8 points. Despite this, this growth will not allow us to move ahead and we will meet the next match again in the 16th place.
Draw will give us 0,2 points, but furtherance of the Georgian will not happen in this case too. By losing with a small difference we will lost 0,8 points and by losing 15 points and more, then we will lost 1,2 points and in this case keeping the place will be depended on the results of the teams of Romania and Tonga. The game at “Dinamo Arena” will start at 16:30 on November 9.
Georgian team against Canada: 15. ), Merab Kvirikashvili (“Vienne”, France), 14. Irakli Machkhaneli (“Armazi”, Tbilisi, cap.), 13. Davit Kacharava (“Yenisey”, Russia), 12. Merab Sharikadze (“Bourg-en-Bresse”, France), 11. Tamaz Mchedlidze (“Bourg-en-Bresse”, France), 10. Lasha Khmaladze (“Lelo”, Tbilisi), 9. Giorgi Begadze (“Kochebi”, Bolnisi); 1. Mikheil Nariashvili (“Montpellier”, France), 2. Shalva Mamukashvili (“Armia”, Tbilisi), 3. Davit Kubriashvili (“Stade Francais”, France), 4. Konstantine Mikautadze (“Toulonnais”, France), 5. Levan Datunashvili (“Aurillac”, France), 6. Viktor Kolelishvili (“Lyon”, France), 7. Mamuka Gorgodze (“Montpellier”, France), 8. Giorgi Chkhaidze (“Tarbes”, France).
Substitutes: 16. Simon Maisuradze (“Bagnerais”, France), 17 Davit Khinchigashvili (“Racing Metro”, France), 18. Levan Chilachava (“Toulonnais”, France), 19. Shalva Sutiashvili (“Massy”, France), 20. Giorgi Tkhilaishvil (“Armia”, Tbilisi), 21. Vazha Khutsishvili (“Kharebi”, Rustavi), 22. Tedo Zibzibadze (“Perigueux”, France), 23. Beka Tsiklauri (“Lokomotiv”, Tbilisi).
Zura Ksovreli
