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Rugby World Cup Preview - Romania v Georgia
Match Information:
Location: Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Date: 28/09/11 0730 (BST)
Form: Romania - Loss/Loss Georgia - Loss/Loss
This will be one of the closeset fought battles of the tournament. Both sides will want to come away with at least one victory and for both this is where they could get it. Georgia seem the stronger side out of the two and are higher ranked at 14th in the world. Romania however are lower ranked, at 18th they are one of the lowest in the tournament, and have had worse results against the stronger sides in the group than Georgia.
Location: Arena Manawatu, Palmerston NorthDate: 28/09/11 0730 (BST)
Form: Romania - Loss/Loss Georgia - Loss/Loss
This will be one of the closeset fought battles of the tournament. Both sides will want to come away with at least one victory and for both this is where they could get it. Georgia seem the stronger side out of the two and are higher ranked at 14th in the world. Romania however are lower ranked, at 18th they are one of the lowest in the tournament, and have had worse results against the stronger sides in the group than Georgia.
England 41-10 Georgia
After a surprisingly poor first half from England, they redeemed themselves well in the second half. It may not have been the overwhelming victory everybody expected, Georgia put up a fight, but were no match for England at the end of the day. The Georgians started strongly and were rewarded for the effort as England conceded a penalty, they kicked for territory. This moment early on and Georgia's try from Basilaia were the best moments from the Eastern Europeans.
Hape opened England's scoring early on as he broke through the Georgian defence following a mistake by the opponents.
Half time update: England v Georgia
England really underestimated the power of Georgia’s side in the first half. They kept a clean 14-0 lead for the majority of the first forty minutes with Georgia’s fly-half missing three out of four penalties. The half has given us a real insight into Georgia’s style of play and England’s surpsingly weak to defence in the face of the Eastern Europeans. Hape’s opening try was lucky really, the Georgians did make an error but he did have to fight for his second. England’s disclipine was terrible as they gave away 11 penalties and Georgia gave away just 3. The territorial statistics were mainly in Georgia’s favour and at one point England had 4% territory and Georgia had 96% but the only times England were in the Georgian half they did add points unlike their opposition.
Rugby World Cup Preview - England v Georgia
England will take on Georgia on Sunday back in Dunedin at Otago Stadium. After sustaining an injury in one of England's warmup matches against Wales last month, Lewis Moody will return to the field of play.Moody will return amid several other changes. Flood starts instead of Wilkinson and Youngs instead of Wigglesworth, Shontayne Hape will start alongside Tuilagi ahead of Tindall in the centre.
Matt Stevens replaces Sheridan who has been sent home for further operations on a shoulder injury which he sustained in England's opener against Argentina.
Georgia's side will probably crumble against the strength of England but the likes of Kvirikashvili, Georgia's top scoring fly-half, will be able to organise the Georgian defence and in any attacks they may have he will certainly be involved.
Click read more to view England's full squad and Georgia's line-up.