Ireland opened its summer tour with a victory against Georgia during a trip to the lawn of Tbilissi (5-34).
Ireland starts its tour well. While the main nations of the northern hemisphere as well as the British and Irish lions have taken over the southern, the XV of the clover opted for eastern Europe. Indeed, the players of Simon Easterby had an appointment this Saturday at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilissi to face Georgia. A meeting that was unbalanced on paper, despite the absence of certain executives selected with the Lions, and which was quickly on the lawn.
Indeed, Jimmy O’Brien scored the first try of the meeting after less than two minutes. The Irish rear reoffended barely six minutes later with his opener Sam Prendergast who did not tremble on the two transformations. After this canon start, the XV of the clover fell in front of valiant Georgian. The latter unlocked their counter for five minutes beyond the mermaid signaling the end of the first period. The third-line Tornike Jalagonia, who usually evolves under the colors of Provence Rugby, was able to find a flaw to flatten the first try of “Lelos”for which Luka Matkava missed the transformation.
Ireland is essential without difficulty
First five points that have proven to be the only ones for Georgia in this meeting. Indeed, the selection of the Caucasus remained silent on the return to the lawn. Ireland, for its part, started this second act very hard. The scrum half Craig Casey flattened the third test of his family in this meeting on the first action. After passing the transformation, Sam Prendergast added three points on penalty barely four minutes later. While the two teams opened the benches, the XV striker of the clover recurrent as the last quarter of an hour approaches. An end of the match which was marked by the fourth and last Irish test.
Nick Timoney, holder in third-line, took care of flattening him before seeing his scorer add the two points of the transformation to seal the fate of the meeting. For the sixth time in six confrontations, Ireland prevails largely in the face of Georgia (5-34). Simon Easterby players are now expected in Portugal next weekend to conclude their season when the Georgians go to South Africa. They have an appointment with the Cheetahs next weekend before a test match against the Springboks.
