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Saturday 17th November 2012 GEORGIA KO: 15:00 JAPAN Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Facts & Figures HEADLINES HEAD TO HEAD • Japan’s win over Romania last weekend marked the • Saturday’s match between Georgia and Japan is first time in 25 attempts they had beaten a European only the second meeting between them. The first side at home. Their first Test match in Europe was in Test between the two sides was in 2006 when Ja- 1973 against France. It ended in a 30-18 win for Les pan beat the visitors convincingly 32-7 in Osaka. Bleus. • Six tries were scored in that 2006 Test, with Japan • Georgia require seven more points to break the 3,300 scoring five of them. Japan’s margin of victory in barrier in Test rugby. the match in 2006 was 25 points. • LEVAN DATUNASHVILI makes his 50th appearance • Daisuke Ohata scored the most points against for Georgia. DATUNASHVILI, who plays for Aurillac in Georgia in 2006, scoring three tries (15 points). France’s Pro D2, made his debut in a 6-6 draw with • There are only two survivors from the Japan side Spain in 2004. that faced Georgia back in 2006: second row • MERAB KVIRIKASHVILI needs seven more points to HITOSHI ONO and number 8 TAKASHI KIKUTANI. reach 350 career points for Georgia. KVIRIKASHVILI, There are three in the Georgian side: second row who is already Georgia’s highest points scorer of all LEVAN DATUNASHVILI, scrum half IRAKLI ABUSE- time, has scored six tries, 77 conversions, 51 penalties RIDZE and centre DAVID KACHARAVA. and two drop goals for his country. • Georgia have a sizeable advantage over Japan in • HIROTOKI ONOZAWA will win his 76th cap for Japan terms of pack size. The Georgian eight weigh in and is now just three caps behind his country’s most at an average of 110kg per man, compared to the capped player of all time in Yukio Motoki (79 caps). visitors’ 105kg. • IRAKLI MACHKHANELI is Georgia’s all-time record try scorer with 22 tries. The 31-year-old, who wins his 58th Test cap this weekend, is one of only two players (the ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? other being IRAKLI KIASASHVILI) in the starting XV who play their club rugby in Georgia. MACHKHANELI • Georgia have a more experienced starting XV plays for the Armazi club in Tbilisi. with a total of 543 caps compared to the visitors’ • KENSUKE HATAKEYAMA is the only change to Japan’s 407 caps. starting XV compared to last week. He replaces Hiroshi • In all, there are five players in the Japan starting Yamashita. XV who have 10 caps or less. This compares to • IRAKLI ABUSERIDZE wins his 83rd cap against Japan. It three in the Georgian side. will also be his 30th Test as captain of the national side, • Japan’s bench is littered with inexperience; meaning him he is closing in quickly on equalling the HARUKI OTA and TAKUMA ASAHARA could make record set by Ilia Zedginidze, who captained Georgia their debuts on Saturday for Japan if they come 32 times. on at any stage against Georgia. In addition, there are another two players with less than five caps. FORM GUIDE • MERAB SHARIKADZE, who wins his 7th cap for Georgia, will be the youngest player on the pitch • Georgia look to regain some momentum having lost on Saturday at only 19 years and 184 days. consecutive games against Canada (31-12) and USA • Georgia’s captain IRAKLI ABUSERIDZE is the most (36-20) in June. Their form during the European Na- experienced player on the pitch winning his 83rd cap. ABUSERIDZE is also the oldest man on the tions Cup in Febuary and March had been good, with pitch, at 34. Japan’s most experienced player is the 19-13 win over Romania in Bucharest being the HIROTOKI ONOZAWA, who will be winning his highlight. 76th cap for his country. • A loss for Georgia against Japan would see them lose their third consecutive Test - something they have not done since 2009. MAN IN THE MIDDLE • Japan got back to winning ways with an impressive 34- 23 win over Romania in Bucharest last weekend. That • Glen Jackson of New Zealand makes his second win came on the back of three disappointing defeats appearance as an international referee when he in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup in June as they lost to officiates on Saturday. Jackson made his debut Tonga, Fiji and Samoa by narrow margins in front of last weekend in the Test between England and the own supporters. Fiji at Twickenham. © International Rugby Board 2012. Data extracted from Rugby Information Management System (16/11/2012 10:15). Page 1 Saturday 17th November 2012 GEORGIA KO: 15:00 JAPAN Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Team Sheets 15 GEORGIA Irakli IRB RANKING: 16 Kiasashvili Test #: 144 Lelo Replacements 16 Yuri ‘Irakli’ Natriashvili (CA Brive-Correze) 14 13 12 11 17 Mikheil Nariashvili (Montpellier Herault Rugby Irakli David Merab Alexander Club) Machkhaneli Kacharava Sharikadze Todua 18 David Kubriashvili (RC Toulonnais) Armazi Stade Rodez Aveyron Hartpury College Albi 19 Vakhtang Maisuradze (Albi) 20 Giorgi Begadze (Batumi) 10 9 21 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (Army) Merab Irakli 22 Lasha Khmaladze (Lelo) Kvirikashvili Abuseridze (C) 23 Tedo Zibzibadze (Perigueux) St Junien Auxerre 8 Key Stats Mamuka # Caps Starting Lineup: 534 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 27 Gorgodze Oldest Player: Irakli Abuseridze (34) Montpellier Herault Youngest Player: Merab Sharikadze (19) 6 Rugby Club 7 Avg Weight Forwards: 110 kg Shalva 5 4 Viktor Sutiashvili Kolelishvili Levan Giorgi Massy Datunashvili Nemsadze ASM Clermont Auvergne Stade Aurillacois Tarbes Officials 3 2 1 Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand) - 1 Tests David Shalva David Zirakashvili Mamukashvili Khinchagishvili Tests at Venue: 0 Tests Georgia: 0 Tests ASM Clermont Auvergne Army CA Brive-Correze Japan: 0 Tests Test Debut: 10/11/2012 - England v Fiji 1 2 3 Yusuke Shota Kensuke Nagae Horie Hatakeyama Ricoh Black Rams Panasonic Wild Knights Suntory Sungoliath 4 5 6 Hitoshi Luke 7 Ono Thompson Hendrik Michael Tui Toshiba Brave Lupus Kintetsu Liners Leitch Panasonic Wild Knights Toshiba Brave Lupus 8 Replacements Takashi 16 Haruki Ota (Kintetsu Liners) Kikutani 17 Takuma Asahara (Toshiba Brave Lupus) Toyota Verblitz 18 Hiroshi Yamashita (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steel- ers) 9 10 19 Michael Broadhurst (Ricoh Black Rams) Fumiaki Kosei 20 Ryu Holani (Panasonic Wild Knights) Tanaka Ono 21 Atsushi Hiwasa (Suntory Sungoliath) Panasonic Wild Knights Suntory Sungoliath 22 Yu Tamura (NEC Green Rockets) 23 Go Aruga (Suntory Sungoliath) 11 12 13 14 Hirotoki Harumichi Tomohiro Toshiaki Onozawa Tatekawa Senba Hirose (C) Key Stats Suntory Sungoliath Kubota Spears Toshiba Brave Lupus Toshiba Brave Lupus # Caps Starting Lineup: 407 Avg Age Starting Lineup: 28 Oldest Player: Hirotoki Onozawa (34) 15 Youngest Player: Harumichi Tatekawa (22) Avg Weight Forwards: 105 kg Ayumu Goromaru Yamaha Motor Jubilo JAPAN IRB RANKING: 15 Test #: 282 © International Rugby Board 2012. 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Page 2 Saturday 17th November 2012 GEORGIA KO: 15:00 JAPAN Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Head to Head Recent Results Date Team A Result Team B Venue 14/05/2006 Japan 32 7 Georgia Osaka Summary Georgia 1 Matches (0 Draw) Japan 0 Won 1 7 Points 32 1 Tries 5 1 Conversions 2 0 Penalties 1 0 Drop Goals 0 Player Records For Georgia against Japan For Japan against Georgia 21 Players - 1 Appearances 1 - 22 Players Michael Sujashvili - 5 Points 15 - Daisuke Ohata Michael Sujashvili - 1 Tries 3 - Daisuke Ohata Pavle Jimsheladze - 1 Conversions 1 - 2 Players - Penalties 1 - Eiji Ando - Drop Goals - Player Records in a Match For Georgia against Japan For Japan against Georgia Michael Sujashvili on 14/05/2006 - 5 Points 15 - Daisuke Ohata on 14/05/2006 Michael Sujashvili on 14/05/2006 - 1 Tries 3 - Daisuke Ohata on 14/05/2006 Pavle Jimsheladze on 14/05/2006 - 1 Conversions 1 - On 2 Occasions - Penalties 1 - Eiji Ando on 14/05/2006 - Drop Goals - Team Records in a Match For Georgia against Japan For Japan against Georgia On 14/05/2006 - 7 Points 32 - On 14/05/2006 On 14/05/2006 - 1 Tries 5 - On 14/05/2006 On 14/05/2006 - 1 Conversions 2 - On 14/05/2006 - Penalties 1 - On 14/05/2006 - Drop Goals - © International Rugby Board 2012. 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Page 3 Saturday 17th November 2012 GEORGIA KO: 15:00 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Head Coach: Milton Haig Recent Matches Debut: 11/02/2012 v Spain (L 18-25) Date Opponent Result Venue Winning Ratio: 57.14% Average Tries per Match: 3.43 23/06/2012 Canada L 12 31 Burnaby Glendale, 16/06/2012 USA L 20 36 Georgia Record Under Milton Haig Colorado 4 Wins 0 Drawn 3 Lost 09/06/2012 Ukraine W 33 3 Tbilisi 180 For Points 115 Against 17/03/2012 Russia W 46 0 Tbilisi 24 For Tries 12 Against 10/03/2012 Romania W 19 13 Bucharest 15 For Conversions 8 Against Points For 130 10 For Penalties 13 Against Points Ag 83 0 For Drop Goals 0 Against Tries For 17 Tries Ag 8 Player Info For Georgia Caps as Caps v Player Pos Age Debut Caps Won Drawn Lost Points Tries Cons Pens DGs Sub Opponent David Khinchagishvili 1 30 22/02/2003 38 10 0 26 3 9 15 3 0 0 0 Shalva Mamukashvili 2 24 11/02/2012 5 4 0 2 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 David Zirakashvili 3 29 30/10/2004 34 5 0 23 1 10 35 7 0 0 0 Giorgi Nemsadze 4 28 12/11/2005 24 10 0 16 0 8 25 5 0 0 0 Levan Datunashvili 5 29 22/02/2004 49 20 1 33 2 14 20 4 0 0 0 Shalva Sutiashvili 6 28 12/11/2005 26 6 0 19 0 7 5 1 0 0 0 Viktor Kolelishvili 7 23 20/06/2008 12 6 0 8 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 Mamuka Gorgodze 8 28 22/02/2003 44 5 0 29 3 12 100 20 0 0 0 Irakli Abuseridze (C) 9 34 26/01/2000 82 9 1 51 3 28 40 8 0 0 0 Merab Kvirikashvili 10 28 16/02/2003 62 17 0 35 1 26 343 6 77 51 2 Alexander