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Georgia host a Netherlands team reeling from defensive errors that lead to a clinical Spainish performance last Sunday in Madrid. While Georgia put 110 points on a newly promoted Swiss team in Tiblisi. With a victory against the Netherlands and Wales losing to Italy, the jungle drum for Georgia to start dining at the Tier 1 table will get significiantly louder as they will leapfrog the Welsh in the World Rankings.
Georgia host a Netherlands team reeling from defensive errors that lead to a clinical Spainish performance last Sunday in Madrid. While Georgia put 110 points on a newly promoted Swiss team in Tiblisi. With a victory against the Netherlands and Wales losing to Italy, the jungle drum for Georgia to start dining at the Tier 1 table will get significiantly louder as they will leapfrog the Welsh in the World Rankings.
Georgia field a rotated side ahead of this clash, potentially with an eye on the Match in Madrid next Sunday. Also, with the luxury of a strength in depth to rotate a top rugby side. Richard Cockerill will be looking for another physically dominate display, especially in the scrum. With the Georgian version of the Bomb Squad available to rotate on to the same devastating effect. They will look to see if the Dutch have sorted out their Defensive Maul and tidy up their defensive errors during this weeks camp. But will definitely have to be prepared for a more clinical attack from the Netherlands, than they faced last week against Switzerland.
Giorgi Mamaiashvili, Vano Karkadze, Irakli Aptsiauri, Mikheil Babunashvili, Lado Chachanidze, Beka Gorgadze, Beka Saginadze, Tornike Jalagonia, Vaso Lobzhanidze, Luka Matkava, Sandro Todua, Tornike Kakhoidze, Giorgi Kveseladze, Akaki Tabutsadze, Davit Niniashvili
Georgia Replacements (16-23) Irakli Kvatadze, Luka Goginava, Luka Japaridze, Giorgi Javakhia, Giorgi Tsutskiridze, Gela Aprasidze, Giorgi Khaindrava, Dachi Papunashvili
The Netherlands remain pretty much unchanged apart from a couple of injuries to Wolf Van Dijk, who was part of the team of the tournament last year. Wolf is replaced by debutant Joris Smits, who will be looking for a debut to remember. William Edwards is replaced by David Weersma too. The Netherlands team will be looking to keep the score respectable as they focus on getting a crucial victory over the Swiss next weekend.
Odin Ruijgrok, Robbie Coetzee, Gabor Besuijen, Chris van Leeuwen, Koen Bloemen, Tim de Jong, Joris Smits, Chris Raymond, Amir Rademaker, Vikas Meijer, Daan van der Avoird, David Weersma, Oliva Sialau, Te Campbell, Mees van Oord
Netherlands Replacements (16-23) Lars Linnenbank, Shane Fikken, Thymo Peters, Monty Leverstein, Spike Salman, Mark Coebergh, Mees Voets, Kaj Verhoorn
| # | Team | PL | W | L | D | PD | BP | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 1 | 05 |
| 2 |  Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 05 |
| 3 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -29 | 0 | 00 |
| 4 |  Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -110 | 0 | 00 |
