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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis · 9 September 2023Head-to-head
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Australia won by 20 points.Half-time 21–3 · Tries 4–2 · GEO 1 yellow card

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6′14′21′31′294756698052%Own 2272%Own half59%Opp half62%Opp 22
← Georgia attack · Australia 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
2′AustraliaTry, Jordan Petaia, conversion missed5–0
9′AustraliaTry, Mark Nawaqanitawase, converted10–3
47′GeorgiaTry, Luka Ivanishvili, conversion missed21–8
56′AustraliaTry, Ben Donaldson, converted26–8
69′AustraliaTry, Ben Donaldson, converted33–8
80′GeorgiaTry, Beka Gigashvili, converted35–13
6′GeorgiaPenalty goal scored
14′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
21′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
31′AustraliaPenalty 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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 GEO card
2′Jordan Petaia9′Mark Nawaqanitawase47′Luka Ivanishvili56′Ben Donaldson69′Ben Donaldson80′Beka Gigashvili
AUS

Team stats

GEO
57%Possession43%
65%Territory35%
142Carries91
711Metres gained549
9Clean breaks5
19Defenders beaten24
146Passes94
8Offloads7
70Tackles made162
24Tackles missed19
94/96Rucks won42/47
15/18Lineouts won11/14
8/9Scrums won6/6
2/3Mauls won2/3
7Turnovers won3
7Penalties conceded13
40Kicks from hand35
1,535Kick metres1,221
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 3/4, penalties 3/3 · GEO conversions 1/2, 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

Australia

  1. 1Angus BellProp
  2. 2David PoreckiHooker
  3. 3Taniela TupouProp
  4. 4Richard ArnoldSecond row
  5. 5Will SkeltonSecond row
  6. 6Tom HooperFlanker
  7. 7Fraser McReightFlanker
  8. 8Rob ValetiniNumber 8
  9. 9Tate McDermottScrum-half
  10. 10Carter GordonFly-half
  11. 11Marika KoroibeteWing
  12. 12Samu KereviCentre
  13. 13Jordan PetaiaCentre
  14. 14Mark NawaqanitawaseWing
  15. 15Ben DonaldsonFull-back
  16. 16Matt FaesslerBench
  17. 17Blake SchouppBench
  18. 18Zane NonggorrBench
  19. 19Robert LeotaBench
  20. 20Langi GleesonBench
  21. 21Nic WhiteBench
  22. 22Lalakai FoketiBench
  23. 23Suli VunivaluBench

Georgia

  1. 1Nika AbuladzeProp
  2. 2Shalva MamukashviliHooker
  3. 3Guram PapidzeProp
  4. 4Nodar CheishviliSecond row
  5. 5Konstantine MikautadzeSecond row
  6. 6Tornike JalagoniaFlanker
  7. 7Luka IvanishviliFlanker
  8. 8Beka GorgadzeNumber 8
  9. 9Vasil LobzhanidzeScrum-half
  10. 10Luka MatkavaFly-half
  11. 11Miriani ModebadzeWing
  12. 12Merab SharikadzeCentre
  13. 13Demur TapladzeCentre
  14. 14Akaki TabutsadzeWing
  15. 15Davit NiniashviliFull-back
  16. 16Tengizi ZamtaradzeBench
  17. 17Guram GogichashviliBench
  18. 18Beka GigashviliBench
  19. 19Lasha JaianiBench
  20. 20Giorgi TsutskiridzeBench
  21. 21Gela AprasidzeBench
  22. 22Tedo AbzhandadzeBench
  23. 23Giorgi KveseladzeBench

Match officials

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Context

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

Australia 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.