TheBreakdown
Full time17 November 2012
Georgia
22–25
Japan
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia · IRB International Rugby Series 2012Head-to-head

Japan won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PGeorgia penalty · Merab Kvirikashvili3–0
  2. 9’PGeorgia penalty · Merab Kvirikashvili6–0
  3. 14’PGeorgia penalty · Merab Kvirikashvili9–0
  4. 27’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru9–3
  5. 37’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru9–6
  6. 41’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru9–8
  7. 41’TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa9–13
  8. 45’PGeorgia penalty · Merab Kvirikashvili12–13
  9. 52’PGeorgia penalty · Merab Kvirikashvili15–13
  10. 54’CGeorgia conversion · Merab Kvirikashvili17–13
  11. 54’TGeorgia try · Merab Kvirikashvili22–13
  12. 58’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru22–16
  13. 67’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru22–19
  14. 73’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru22–22
  15. 84’DJapan drop goal · Kosei Ono22–25

Line-ups

Georgia

  1. 1David KhinchagishviliProp
  2. 2Shalva MamukashviliHooker
  3. 3Davit ZirakashviliProp
  4. 4Giorgi NemsadzeSecond row
  5. 5Levan DatunashviliSecond row
  6. 6Shalva SutiashviliFlanker
  7. 7Viktor KolelishviliFlanker
  8. 8Mamuka GorgodzeNumber 8
  9. 9Irakli AbuseridzeScrum-half
  10. 10Merab KvirikashviliFly-half
  11. 11Alexander ToduaWing
  12. 12Merab SharikadzeCentre
  13. 13Davit KacharavaCentre
  14. 14Irakli MachkhaneliWing
  15. 15Irakli KiasashviliFull-back
  16. 16Iuri NatriashviliBench
  17. 17Mikheil NariashviliBench
  18. 18Davit KubriashviliBench
  19. 19Vakhtang MaisuradzeBench
  20. 20Giorgi BegadzeBench
  21. 21Giorgi TkhilaishviliBench
  22. 22Lasha KhmaladzeBench
  23. 23Tedo ZibzibadzeBench

Japan

  1. 1Yusuke NagaeProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Hendrik TuiFlanker
  7. 7Michael LeitchFlanker
  8. 8Takashi KikutaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Kosei OnoFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Tomohiro SenbaCentre
  14. 14Toshiaki HiroseWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Haruki OtaBench
  17. 17Takuma AsaharaBench
  18. 18Hiroshi YamashitaBench
  19. 19Michael BroadhurstBench
  20. 20Ryu Koliniasi HolaniBench
  21. 21Atsushi HiwasaBench
  22. 22Yu TamuraBench
  23. 23Go ArugaBench

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Context

All-time, Georgia 2–6 Japan in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Georgia going in
Japan 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.