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Full time12 October 1997
Georgia
29–15
Croatia
National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Georgia won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TGeorgia try · Guia Rapava-Ruskini5–0
  2. 11’TGeorgia try · Niko Iurini10–0
  3. 16’PGeorgia penalty · Shota Modebadze13–0
  4. 20’PCroatia penalty · Anthony Posa13–3
  5. 29’PGeorgia penalty · Shota Modebadze16–3
  6. 31’PGeorgia penalty · Shota Modebadze19–3
  7. 47’TCroatia try · Michael Lunjevic19–8
  8. 53’CCroatia conversion · Anthony Posa19–10
  9. 53’TCroatia try · Eldon Moors19–15
  10. 73’CGeorgia conversion · Shota Modebadze21–15
  11. 73’TGeorgia try · Levan Javelidze26–15
  12. 76’PGeorgia penalty · Shota Modebadze29–15

Line-ups

Georgia

  1. 1Akaki MatchutadzeProp
  2. 2Mevlud MtiulishviliHooker
  3. 3Levan TsabadzeProp
  4. 4Guia Rapava-RuskiniSecond row
  5. 5Zurab MtchedlishviliSecond row
  6. 6Gia LabadzeFlanker
  7. 7Zaza LezhavaFlanker
  8. 8Nika AbdaladzeNumber 8
  9. 9Shota ModebadzeScrum-half
  10. 10Besso TepnadzeFly-half
  11. 11Archil KavtarashviliWing
  12. 12Kakha AlaniaCentre
  13. 13Kakha MachitidzeCentre
  14. 14Malkhaz UrjukashviliWing
  15. 15Niko IuriniFull-back
  16. Ilia MaisuradzeBench
  17. Archil KobakhidzeBench
  18. Levan JavelidzeBench

Croatia

  1. 1Paul VegarProp
  2. 2Slobodan BursacHooker
  3. 3Davor KovacevicProp
  4. 4Tomo AnticicSecond row
  5. 5Jason LillasSecond row
  6. 6Jaksa LovretaFlanker
  7. 7Paul VujcicFlanker
  8. 8Eldon MoorsNumber 8
  9. 9Michael LunjevicScrum-half
  10. 10Anthony PosaFly-half
  11. 11Marinko Klaric-KukuzWing
  12. 12Andrew MatijasevicCentre
  13. 13Brendon WinslowCentre
  14. 14Anthony ZivkovichWing
  15. 15Denis PuljizFull-back
  16. Ivo Drazen JosipovicBench
  17. Mike NolaBench
  18. Vlado UrsicBench
  19. Luka BjelanovicBench

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Context

All-time, Georgia 1–0 Croatia in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Georgia going in
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