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World Rugby U20 Championship Ireland U20s v Georgia U20s Mikheil Meskhi Stadium 18 June 2017 Match 26 Team Sheets Young Munster Alan Tynan 15 Miriani Modebadze AIA Trinity College, Dublin Michael Silvester 14 Saba Svimonishvili Sharks Academy University College Dublin Gavin Mullin 13 Beka Gavashelishvili Lelo Garryowen David McCarthy 12 Giorgi Kveseladze Lelo Young Munster Calvin Nash 11 Davit Meskhi Army St Mary's College Conor Dean 10 Tedo Abzhandadze AIA Shannon Jack Stafford 9 Gela Aprasidze Lelo Naas Jordan Duggan 1 Guram Gogichashvili Locomotive Tbilisi University College Dublin Ronan Kelleher 2 Levan Papidze Lelo Trinity College, Dublin Charlie Connolly 3 Guram Papidze Lyon Olimpique Universitaire Young Munster Fineen Wycherley 4 Lasha Jaiani Exeter University Lansdowne Oisin Dowling 5 Koba Jimsheleishvili Armazi Shannon John Foley 6 Beka Saghinadze Lelo Lansdowne Paul Boyle (c) 7 Ilia Spanderashvili (c) Army St Mary's College Caelan Doris 8 Arsen Machaladze AIA Shannon Adam Moloney 16 Levan Tchavtchavadze Army University Limerick Bohemians Joey Conway 17 Ushangi Tcheishvili Montpellier Herault Rugby Club Lansdowne Greg McGrath 18 Lasha Tabidze Union Bordeaux-Bègles University College Dublin Jack Regan 19 Tornike Jalagonia Jiqi Young Munster Gavin Coombes 20 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili Armazi Queens University Jonny Stewart 21 Luka Dvalishvili Armazi University College Dublin Ciaran Frawley 22 Giorgi Tsiklauri Jiqi Instonians Mark Keane 23 Beka Mamukashvili Lelo Head Coach Peter Malone Ilia Maisuradze Referee Pablo Deluca (ARG) Assistant Referee 1 Daniel Jones (WAL) Assistant Referee 2 Andrea Piardi (ITA) Television Match Official Jonathan Mason (WAL) For more, go to worldrugby.org/U20.

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