Both of Sunday's Rugby World Cup matches tcome from Pool D and first up Georgia take on surprise package Uruguay at the Kumagaya Rugby Stadium
Georgia v Uruguay, Sunday 29th September, Kumagaya City, KO 07:15 (South African time)
Weather Forecast – Kumagaya Rugby Stadium
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Alexandre Ruiz (France)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
Georgia
Georgia went down 43-14 to Wales in their first action of the tournament. Their fate was effectively sealed in the first half with Wales scoring 29 unanswered points. There was encouragement after the break with Georgia scoring 2 tries through Shalva Mamukashvili, Levan Chilachava but they still fell just short of a pre-match handicap that had been set at around 27.5 points.
Going back to RWC 2015 Georgia won 2 and lost 2 of their pool matches with the victories coming against the 2 supposed weaker nations they faced, Tonga (17-10) and Namibia (17-16) .
Uruguay
In RWC 2015 Uruguay lost all their pool matches, scoring a total of just 30 points and conceding 226 and 4 years on they were given a start of around 28.5 points on the handicap for opening game against Fiji on Wednesday.
Uruguay made a mockery of the handicap quote in winning the game 30-27, a result which was hailed as the finest in their history. They led 24-12 at half time with 3 tries coming from Arata, Diana and Cat, all converted by Berchesi who also kicked 3 penalties. Uruguay were more than a converted try in front when Fiji scored a consolation on the hooter.
Despite Uruguay's heroics against Fiji they are still likely to need to upset either Wales or Australia in future pool matches and you can get anything from 33/1 to 50/1 about them securing a place in the knockout rounds.
Line Ups
Georgia: 15 Lasha Khmaladze, 14 Zura Dzneladze, 13 Giorgi Kveseladze, 12 Lasha Malaguradze, 11 Alexander Todua, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 Gela Aprasidze, 8 Otari Giorgadze, 7 Beka Saginadze, 6 Shalva Sutiashvili, 5 Konstantine Mikautadze, 4 Lasha Lomidze, 3 Levan Chilachava, 2 Jaba Bregvadze (c), 1 Guram Gogichashvili
Replacements: 16 Vano Karkadze, 17 Beka Gigashvili, 18 Giorgi Melikidze, 19 Mamuka Gorgodze, 20 Beka Gorgadze, 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 22 Merab Sharikadze, 23 Soso Matiashvili
Uruguay: 15 Gaston Mieres, 14 Nicolas Freitas, 13 Juan Manuel Cat, 12 Andres Vilaseca, 11 Rodrigo Silva, 10 Felipe Berchesi, 9 Santiago Arata, 8 Alejandro Nieto, 7 Santiago Civetta, 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c), 5 Manuel Leindekar, 4 Ignacio Dotti, 3 Juan Pedro Rombys, 2 German Kessler, 1 Mateo Sanguinetti
Replacements: 16 Facundo Gattas, 17 Juan Echeverria, 18 Diego Arbelo, 19 Diego Magno, 20 Juan Diego Ormaechea, 21 Manuel Ardao, 22 Agustin Ormaechea, 23 Leandro Leivas
Head to Head
The nations have met 5 times since 2003 with Uruguay winning the first 2 and Georgia the next 3.
The most recent meeting came in Tbilisi in Jun 2015 and Georgia came out on top 19-10.
Of the 5 meetings 4 have been settled by margins of no more than 12 points.
Betting - Handicap
Georgia -15.5 points at 9/10
Uruguay +15.5 points at 9/10
Quotes are an average of what was on offer from a selection of bookmakers at the time of writing and are subject to change.
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Betting Angle
Uruguay were really impressive in their opener and they have not made many changes. They have a short turnaround time though and I think this and the fact that Georgia will play a more structured game than Fiji will see them fade in the 2nd half. I am backing Georgia to win the 2nd half by 8 or more points
Bet: 3 units Georgia 2nd half handicap at 1.88/1 at Sunbet
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