Georgia never looked like adding another top tier victim to their tally after wins over Italy and Wales in the last 13 months but battled to the bitter end and scored tries through Luka Ivanishvili and Beka Gigashvili.

Each time they will get a little better, we'll see the improvements as the tournament goes on.' 'We've got a young team, it's a great learning experience for them. 'There is a real feeling this team could do something,' Eddie Jones said after the first victory of his second reign as Australia coach.

In the other matches, Munster take on the Glasgow Warriors in Cork on Friday, while a jam-packed Saturday will see Cardiff meet the Scarlets at the Arms Park, Ulster go up against Edinburgh in Belfast, Connacht hosting Leinster in an Irish derby, and Benetton battling it out with Ospreys in Treviso.Donaldson, a surprise selection brought into the side primarily for his place-kicking, added 15 points from the tee with three penalties and three conversions.Ī win on the board for 🤩 #RWC2023 | #AUSvGEO /0B0kxwMFc9 The Capetonians, however, will see a victory as non-negotiable to get their season back on track after winning the first two matches of their campaign.Ī victory will undoubtedly boost their confidence and so will the fact that they won all three of their matches at the Danie Craven Stadium to date, especially with their tour now over and the team used to the Cape conditions and a passionate home crowd behind them. They will draw some comfort from the fact that Zebre Parma have only won one match this season, but the visitors showed in the last three weeks that they can be a threat by beating the Hollywoodbets Sharks before playing to a 22-22 draw against Cardiff at home. The DHL Stormers, in turn, will be desperate to sway their fortunes at home after returning from a disappointing tour in which they suffered four defeats in a row. The hosts will be inspired by the fact that their only previous defeat to a Welsh team was in Llanelli in October 2021, as well as the fact that the Dragons don’t have a good track record against South African opponents, with their last win being in 2020. The Johannesburgers are also only four points short of being in the top eight on the log, but they will be careful about underestimating the Dragons, especially with only one win more in the competition so far and with the Welsh club hurting from their result last week.

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