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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North · 28 September 2011Head-to-head
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Georgia won by 16 points.Half-time 12–6 · Tries 1–0

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56209Attacks44Ball won1131103737138714214491517569%Own 2251%Own half66%Opp half77%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
GEO575
ROU10314
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
GEO1/16/80
ROU0/03/50
← Romania attack · Georgia 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
56′GeorgiaTry, Mamuka Gorgodze, converted17–6
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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56′Mamuka Gorgodze
GEO

Team stats

ROU
62%Possession38%
63%Territory37%
102Carries59
337Metres gained163
14Defenders beaten5
124Passes74
57Tackles made103
5Tackles missed14
78/79Rucks won40/43
9/12Lineouts won10/13
7/8Mauls won7/8
10Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
GEO conversions 1/1, penalties 6/8 · ROU conversions 0/0, penalties 3/5. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Georgia

  1. 1David KhinchagishviliProp
  2. 2Jaba BregvadzeHooker
  3. 3Davit ZirakashviliProp
  4. 4Ilia ZedginidzeSecond row
  5. 5Vakhtang MaisuradzeSecond row
  6. 6Giorgi ChkhaidzeFlanker
  7. 7Mamuka GorgodzeFlanker
  8. 8Dima BasilaiaNumber 8
  9. 9Irakli AbuseridzeScrum-half
  10. 10Merab KvirikashviliFly-half
  11. 11Alexander ToduaWing
  12. 12Tedo ZibzibadzeCentre
  13. 13Davit KacharavaCentre
  14. 14Revaz GigauriWing
  15. 15Lasha KhmaladzeFull-back
  16. 16Goderdzi ShvelidzeBench
  17. 17Vasil KakovinBench
  18. 18Levan DatunashviliBench
  19. 19Givi BerishviliBench
  20. 20Bidzina SamkharadzeBench
  21. 21Irakli ChkhikvadzeBench
  22. 22Malkhaz UrjukashviliBench

Romania

  1. 1Mihaita LazarProp
  2. 2Marius TincuHooker
  3. 3Paulica IonProp
  4. 4Valentin UrsacheSecond row
  5. 5Cristian PetreSecond row
  6. 6Mihai MacoveiFlanker
  7. 7Ovidiu TonitaFlanker
  8. 8Daniel CarpoNumber 8
  9. 9Florin SurugiuScrum-half
  10. 10Danut DumbravaFly-half
  11. 11Madalin LemnaruWing
  12. 12Tiberius Ionut DimofteCentre
  13. 13Csaba GalCentre
  14. 14Stefan Eugen CiuntuWing
  15. 15Iulian DumitrasFull-back
  16. 16Bogdan ZebegaBench
  17. 17Silviu FloreaBench
  18. 18Valentin PoparlanBench
  19. 19Daniel IanusBench
  20. 20Valentin CalafeteanuBench
  21. 21Constantin GhearaBench
  22. 22Florin VlaicuBench

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Context

All-time, Georgia 21–9 Romania, 1 drawn in 31 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Georgia going in
Romania 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.