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Men's Internationals 2025 · Mbombela Stadium, Mbombela · 19 July 2025Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 45 points.Half-time 22–10 · Tries 9–1

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29′39141932475673798146%Own 2251%Own half69%Opp half75%Opp 22
← Georgia attack · South Africa attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′GeorgiaTry, Vano Karkadze, converted0–5
9′South AfricaTry, Boan Venter, conversion missed5–7
14′South AfricaTry, Marnus van der Merwe, conversion missed10–7
19′South AfricaTry, Canan Moodie, conversion missed15–7
32′South AfricaTry, Marnus van der Merwe, converted20–10
47′South AfricaTry, Edwill Van Der Merwe, conversion missed27–10
56′South AfricaTry, Damian Willemse, converted32–10
73′South AfricaTry, Edwill Van Der Merwe, converted39–10
79′South AfricaTry, Kurt-Lee Arendse, converted46–10
81′South AfricaTry, Handre Pollard, converted53–10
29′GeorgiaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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015304560HT0′20′40′60′80′
3′Vano Karkadze9′Boan Venter14′Marnus van der Merwe19′Canan Moodie32′Marnus van der Merwe47′Edwill Van Der Merwe56′Damian Willemse73′Edwill Van Der Merwe79′Kurt-Lee Arendse81′Handre Pollard
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Team stats

GEO
53%Possession47%
51%Territory49%
148Carries84
632Metres gained125
11Clean breaks2
35Defenders beaten22
170Passes99
13Offloads3
95Tackles made124
22Tackles missed35
79/84Rucks won60/64
14/16Lineouts won13/14
7/8Scrums won7/10
5/6Mauls won4/5
7Turnovers won7
9Penalties conceded8
24Kicks from hand26
590Kick metres584
Goal kicking
RSA conversions 5/9, penalties 0/0 · GEO conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

South Africa

  1. 1Boan VenterProp
  2. 2Marnus van der MerweHooker
  3. 3Neethling FoucheProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Ruan NortjeSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Cobus WieseNumber 8
  9. 9Grant WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Sacha Feinberg-MngomezuluFly-half
  11. 11Kurt-Lee ArendseWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Canan MoodieCentre
  14. 14Edwill Van Der MerweWing
  15. 15Aphelele FassiFull-back
  16. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Thomas Du ToitBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Kwagga SmithBench
  21. 21Faf de KlerkBench
  22. 22Handre PollardBench
  23. 23Damian WillemseBench

Georgia

  1. 1Giorgi AkhaladzeProp
  2. 2Vano KarkadzeHooker
  3. 3Irakli AptsiauriProp
  4. 4Mikheili BabunashviliSecond row
  5. 5Vladimer ChachanidzeSecond row
  6. 6Luka IvanishviliFlanker
  7. 7Beka SaginadzeFlanker
  8. 8Ilia SpanderashviliNumber 8
  9. 9Vasil LobzhanidzeScrum-half
  10. 10Luka MatkavaFly-half
  11. 11Alexander ToduaWing
  12. 12Giorgi KveseladzeCentre
  13. 13Demur TapladzeCentre
  14. 14Akaki TabutsadzeWing
  15. 15Davit NiniashviliFull-back
  16. 16Irakli KvatadzeBench
  17. 17Giorgi TetrashviliBench
  18. 18Beka GigashviliBench
  19. 19Demur EpremidzeBench
  20. 20Sandro MamamtavrishviliBench
  21. 21Tornike JalagoniaBench
  22. 22Tedo AbzhandadzeBench
  23. 23Tornike KakhoidzeBench

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Context

All-time, South Africa 3–0 Georgia in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

South Africa going in
Georgia going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.