IRB Tbilisi Cup

IRB Tbilisi Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2013
No. of teams	4
Country	Argentina Jaguars  Emerging Italy  Georgia  Spain
Most recent champion(s)	Argentina Jaguars (2014)

The IRB Tbilisi Cup is a rugby union competition that was first held in 2013 at Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi with the hosts Georgia joined by Uruguay, who regularly take part in the IRB Nations Cup, and two newly founded teams: Emerging Ireland, who were made up of young Irish players that didn't get selected for the Lions tour to Australia or the national side's tour to North America, and a South Africa President's XV, composed of Currie Cup players.^[1]

Georgia will be the only team to return for the second edition in 2014; they will be joined by Spain and two teams that regularly take part in the IRB Nations Cup, Argentina Jaguars and Emerging Italy.^[2]

History

Teams

The teams that participated in the IRB Tbilisi Cup and their finishing positions are as follows:

Team	2013	2014
Argentina Jaguars	N/A	1st
Emerging Ireland	2nd	N/A
Georgia	3rd	2nd
Emerging Italy	N/A	3rd
South Africa President's XV	1st	N/A
Spain	N/A	4th
Uruguay	4th	N/A

Statistics

Leading point scorers Pos Name Team Points 1 Ian Keatley Emerging Ireland 40 2 Beka Tsiklauri Georgia 28 3 Carl Bezuidenhout South Africa President's XV 25 4 Jerónimo Etcheverry Uruguay 11 5 Uzair Cassiem South Africa President's XV 10 Niall Morris Emerging Ireland 7 Ricardo Croy South Africa President's XV 7 8 German Albanell Uruguay 8 9 Joaquin Prada Uruguay 6

Leading try scorers Pos Name Team Tries 1 Uzair Cassiem South Africa President's XV 2 Ian Keatley Emerging Ireland Niall Morris Emerging Ireland 4 22 players 1

See also

• IRB Nations Cup
• IRB Pacific Nations Cup
• Americas Rugby Championship

References

External links

• Official website