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2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Date	14 – 22 June 2014
Countries	Argentina XV; Emerging Italy; Georgia; Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Tries scored	12 (2 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Juan Pablo Socino (Argentina Jaguars); 15 points
Top try scorer(s)	12 players; 1 try
Official website	Official website
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The 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup was the second edition of this international rugby union tournament, created by the International Rugby Board. It was played from 14 to 22 June 2014 at the Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi.^[1]

The hosts Georgia were joined by Spain and two teams that regularly take part in the IRB Nations Cup, Argentina Jaguars and Emerging Italy.

South Africa President's XV won the inaugural tournament in 2013 after winning all three of their games but did not return to defend their title.

Table

	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Diff	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Argentina XV	3	3	0	0	112	43	+69	?	?	1	0	13
2	Georgia	3	2	0	1	73	49	+24	?	?	1	0	9
3	Emerging Italy	3	1	0	2	67	79	–12	?	?	0	0	4
4	Spain	3	0	0	3	20	101	–81	?	?	0	0	0
Points breakdown: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less 1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match Pre-tournament rankings are in parentheses. Updated: 15 June 2014

Fixtures

The fixtures and kick off times were announced on 4 April 2014.^[1]

Matchday 1

14 June 2014
17:00 GET (UTC+4)

Georgia	23–13	Spain
Try: T. Mtchedlidze 22' m Mamukashvili 33' c Todua 38' m Con: Tsiklauri (1/3) Pen: Tsiklauri (2) 16', 80'	Report^[2]	Try: Newton 30' c Con: Snee (1/1) Pen: García (2) 53', 75'

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 2,000^[3]
Referee: Andrew McMeneny (Scotland)


FB	15	Beka Tsiklauri
RW	14	Tamaz Mtchedlidze
OC	13	Davit Katcharava
IC	12	Revaz Gigauri
LW	11	Alexander Todua
FH	10	Lasha Malaghuradze
SH	9	Giorgi Begadze	67'
N8	8	Dimitri Basilaia
OF	7	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	61'
BF	6	Shalva Sutiashvili (c)	75'
RL	5	Kote Mikuatadze
LL	4	Giorgi Nemsadze	61'
TP	3	Davit Kubriashvili
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	49'
LP	1	Zurab Zhvania	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Simon Maisuradze	49'
PR	17	Giorgi Mtchedlishvili	61'
LL	18	Lasha Lomidze	61'
OF	19	Givi Berishvili	61'
SH	20	Giorgi Rokhvadze	67'
WG	21	Irakli Qiasashvili
BF	22	Muraz Giorgadze	75'
Coach:
Milton Haig


FB	15	Javier Carrión	72'
RW	14	Alberto Díaz	51'
OC	13	Ignacio Gutiérrez	40'
IC	12	Daniel Snee
LW	11	Sergio Fernández
FH	10	Mariano García
SH	9	Facundo Munilla
N8	8	Jaime Nava (c)	13'
OF	7	Adam Newton
BF	6	Manuel Mora
RL	5	Víctor Sánchez	60'
LL	4	Alejandro Blanco
TP	3	Jesús Moreno	51'
HK	2	Juan Anaya
LP	1	Francisco Javier Sanz	45'
Replacements:
LP	16	Agustín Ortiz	45'
RL	17	Romain Asensi	60'
TP	18	Guillermo Espinos	51'
N8	19	José Luis del Valle	13'
FB	20	Francisco Cloppet	72'
OC	21	Alejandro Gutiérrez	40'
RW	22	Pablo Fontes	51'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)

14 June 2014
19:00 GET (UTC+4)

Emerging Italy	20–45	Argentina XV
Try: Ragusi 25' c Visentin 78' c Con: Padovani (1/1) Violi (1/1) Pen: Padovani (2) 16', 42'	Report^[2]	Try: Brex 43' c Poet 47' c Penalty Try 54' c Moyano 63' m Taboada 69' m Masera 80' m Con: Socino (3) Pen: Socino (3) 19', 30', 38'