Georgia cruise past Japan
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Georgia managed to get back to winning ways after stumbling against Ireland as they defeated the Brave Blossoms 35-24 in Tbilisi.
It was all Georgia in the first half as the hosts scored two tries as well as a penalty try to make it 17-10 at half time.
The Georgian tries came from hooker Shalva Mamukashvili and fullback Merab Kvirikashvili.
Japan managed to mount a bit of a come back before the break with right wing Kotaro Matsushima scoring a try and Ayumu Goromaru adding the conversion and penalty.
However, after the break the Georgians took over and scored further tries through flyhalf Lasha Khmaladze and replacement Beka Tsiklauri with Japan only managing a consolation late try.
Scorers:
For Georgia:
Tries: Mamukashvili, Penalty try, Kvirikashvili, Khmaladze, Tsiklauri
Cons: Kvirikashvili 2
Pens: Kvirikashvili 2
For Japan:
Tries: Matsushima, Hesketh, Tatekawa
Cons: Goromaru 3
Pen: Goromaru
Teams:
Georgia: 15 Merab Kvirikashvili, 14 Tamaz Mtchedlidze, 13 David Kacharava (captain), 12 Merab Sharikadze, 11 Sandro Todua, 10 Lasha Khmaladze, 9 Vazha Khutsishvili, 8 Lasha Lomidze, 7 Vito Kolelishvili, 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, 5 Levan Datunashvili, 4 Giorgi Nemsadze, 3 David Kubriashvili, 2 Shalva Mamukashvili, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili.
Replacements: 16 Simon Maisuradze, 17 Zurab Zhvania, 18 Levan Chilachava, 19 Kote Mikautadze, 20 Giorgi Chkhaidze, 21 Giorgi Begadze, 22 Beka Tsiklauri, 23 Giorgi Aptsiauri.
Japan: 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Kotaro Matsushima, 13 Male Sau, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Karne Hesketh, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Atsushi Hiwasa, 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi, 7 Hayden Hopgood, 6 Hendrik Tui, 5 Shoji Ito, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 2 Takeshi Kizu, 1 Masataka Mikami.
Replacements: 16 Keita Inagaki, 17 Hiroki Yuhara, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Hitoshi Ono, 20 Shinya Makabe, 21 Yuki Yatomi, 22 Kosei Ono, 23 Toshiaki Hirose.
Referee: Romain Poite
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