# 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup

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 | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Points | Bonus points | Table points |
| Position | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Tries | Bonus points | Table points |
| 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

* 7 June 2013 17:00 GET (UTC+4)
| 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' |
* Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
| 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 ||
* 7 June 2013 19:00 GET (UTC+4)
| 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' |
* Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nick Briant (NZRU)
| 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

* 11 June 2013 17:00 GET (UTC+4)
| 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' |
* Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Nick Briant (NZRU)
* 11 June 2013 19:00 GET (UTC+4)
| 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' |
* Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (FRR)

### Matchday 3

* 16 June 2013 14:00 GET (UTC+4)
| 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) |
* Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (FRR)
* 16 June 2013 16:00 GET (UTC+4)
| 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' |
* Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)