International
South Africa vs Georgia

Time Sat, Jul 19, 2025, 3:10 PM
Location Mbombela Stadium
Referee Matthew Carley

South Africa		Georgia
Pollard80' Arendse78' van72' Willemse55' van46' van31' Moodie18' van13' Venter8'	Tries	Karkadze2'
Pollard81' Pollard79' Pollard73' Pollard56' Feinberg-Mngomezulu32'	Conversions	Matkava3'
	Penalty Goals	Matkava28'

South Africa		Georgia
Attack
9	Tries	1
632	Metres	125
150	Carries	84
35	Defenders Beaten	22
10	Clean Breaks	2
170	Passes	99
13	Offloads	3
23	Turnovers Conceded	14
Defence
95	Tackles	125
22	Missed Tackles	35
7	Turnovers Won	7
Kicking
24	Kicks in Play	26
5/9	Conversions	1/1
N/A	Penalty Goals	1/1
N/A	Drop Goals	N/A
1	Charged Down	2
590	Kick From Hand Metres	584
9	In Touch	19
10	Opponent Collection	11
56%	Success	100%
20	Possession Lost	29
8	Possession Retained	3
Breakdown
79	Rucks Won	60
5	Rucks Lost	4
94%	Rucks Success Rate	93%
5	Mauls Won	4
Set Plays
14	Lineouts Won	13
2	Lineouts Lost	1
87%	Lineouts Success Rate	92%
7	Scrums Won	7
0	Scrums Lost	2
100%	Scrums Success Rate	77%
Possession
53%	Possession	47%
55%	First Half	45%
51%	Second Half	49%
64%	Ball Possession Last 10 Mins	36%
Discipline
9	Penalties Conceded	8
0	Red Cards	0
0	Yellow Cards	0
6	Penalty Conceded Own Half	6

South Africa	Georgia
1Boan Venter	1Giorgi Akhaladze
2Marnus van der Merwe	2Vano Karkadze
3Neethling Fouche	3Irakli Aptsiauri
4Eben Etzebeth	4Mikheil Babunashvili
5Ruan Nortje	5Lado Chachanidze
6Siya Kolisi (C)	6Luka Ivanishvili
7Pieter-Steph du Toit	7Beka Saginadze (C)
8Cobus Wiese	8Ilia Spanderashvili
9Grant Williams	9Vasil Lobzhanidze
10Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu	10Luka Matkava
11Kurt-Lee Arendse	11Sandro Todua
12Damian de Allende	12Giorgi Kveseladze
13Canan Moodie	13Demur Tapladze
14Edwill van der Merwe	14Aka Tabutsadze
15Aphelele Fassi	15Davit Niniashvili
Substitutes
16Bongi Mbonambi	16Irakli Kvatadze
17Thomas du Toit	17Giorgi Tetrashvili
18Vincent Koch	18Beka Gigashvili
19RG Snyman	19Demur Epremidze
20Kwagga Smith	20Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
21Faf de Klerk	21Tornike Jalagonia
22Handre Pollard	22Tedo Abzhandadze
23Damian Willemse	23Tornike Kakhoidze
Coaches
Rassie Erasmus	Richard Cockerill
Referees
RefereeMatthew Carley

81	End Of Second Half	The 80 minutes is up! The referee has blown their whistle to end the second half.
81	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard converts the try.
80	Try - Passing Move	A wonderful passing move by South Africa is finished off by Handre Pollard
80	Clean Break	This is dangerous for the defence as Handre Pollard bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.
80	Try Assist	Vincent Koch sets up the try.
80	Clean Break	This is dangerous for the defence as Edwill van der Merwe bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.
80	Clean Break	This is dangerous for the defence as RG Snyman bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.
79	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard has kicked a conversion.
78	Try - Passing Move	A wonderful passing move by South Africa is finished off by Kurt-Lee Arendse
78	Try Assist	Spellbinding play by Grant Williams is finished off with a try.
78	Clean Break	This is dangerous for the defence as Grant Williams bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.
74	Substitution on	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Grant Williams getting some game time.
74	Substitution off	South Africa decide to make a substitution, with Faf de Klerk being replaced.
74	Substitution on	Georgia decide to make a substitution, with Tornike Kakhoidze getting some game time.
74	Substitution off	Georgia decide to make a substitution, with Sandro Todua being replaced.
73	Conversion - Kicked	Handre Pollard has kicked a conversion.
72	Try - From kick	What a kick! Edwill van der Merwe takes full advantage to score for South Africa.
72	Try Assist	Faf de Klerk played a key part in that try.
72	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Ruan Nortje took full advantage.
69	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Giorgi Kveseladze took full advantage.
63	Substitution on	Georgia sub Tornike Jalagonia comes onto the field.
63	Substitution off	Beka Saginadze departs for Georgia.
60	Substitution on	Georgia sub Tedo Abzhandadze comes onto the field.
60	Substitution off	Davit Niniashvili departs for Georgia.
59	Substitution on	Faf de Klerk comes on for South Africa.
59	Substitution off	Grant Williams leaves the field.
58	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Canan Moodie goes through the gap.
56	Conversion - Kicked	The touch judges raise their flags as Handre Pollard kicks the conversion.
55	Try - Passing Move	A penetrating move by South Africa results in a try for Damian Willemse.
55	Try Assist	That's a great try assist by Handre Pollard.
55	Substitution on	Demur Epremidze comes on for Georgia.
55	Substitution off	Lado Chachanidze leaves the field.
55	Substitution on	Giorgi Tetrashvili comes on for Georgia.
55	Substitution off	Giorgi Akhaladze leaves the field.
55	Substitution on	Irakli Kvatadze comes on for Georgia.
55	Substitution off	Vano Karkadze leaves the field.
54	Substitution on	Handre Pollard comes on.
54	Substitution off	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu comes off.
54	Substitution on	Damian Willemse comes on.
54	Substitution off	Aphelele Fassi comes off.
52	Clean Break	What a run here by Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu as they get over the gainline!
51	Substitution on	Sandro Mamamtavrishvili comes on.
51	Substitution off	Ilia Spanderashvili comes off.
47	Conversion - Missed Left	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has hooked the conversion to the left of the posts.
46	Try - Close range	The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Edwill van der Merwe dots the ball down from close range.
46	Clean Break	Edwill van der Merwe makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.
46	Try Assist	Spellbinding play by Grant Williams is finished off with a try.
44	Substitution on	South Africa make a substitution with Kwagga Smith coming on.
44	Substitution off	South Africa make a substitution with Cobus Wiese coming off.
44	Substitution on	South Africa make a substitution with RG Snyman coming on.
44	Substitution off	South Africa make a substitution with Eben Etzebeth coming off.
44	Substitution on	South Africa make a substitution with Vincent Koch coming on.
44	Substitution off	South Africa make a substitution with Neethling Fouche coming off.
44	Substitution on	South Africa make a substitution with Bongi Mbonambi coming on.
44	Substitution off	South Africa make a substitution with Marnus van der Merwe coming off.
44	Substitution on	South Africa make a substitution with Thomas du Toit coming on.
44	Substitution off	South Africa make a substitution with Boan Venter coming off.
40	Substitution on	Georgia make a substitution with Beka Gigashvili coming on.
40	Substitution off	Georgia make a substitution with Irakli Aptsiauri coming off.
40	Start Of Second Half	The second half kicks off.
41	End Of First Half	The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.
32	Conversion - Kicked	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
31	Try - Rolling maul	It's going to take a miracle to stop this South Africa maul...no miracles today as Marnus van der Merwe powers over.
28	Penalty Goal - Kicked	The touch judges raise their flags as Luka Matkava kicks the penalty goal.
25	Clean Break	Trouble here as Kurt-Lee Arendse breaches the defence.
19	Conversion - Missed Right	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu curls the ball too far, missing the posts to the right.
18	Try - Passing Move	A wonderful passing move by South Africa is finished off by Canan Moodie
18	Try Assist	Aphelele Fassi sets up the try.
18	Clean Break	This is dangerous for the defence as Grant Williams bursts through to advance the South Africa attack.
15	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Davit Niniashvili took full advantage.
14	Conversion - Missed Right	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has hooked the conversion to the right of the posts.
13	Try - Close range	Marnus van der Merwe scores the try from close range.
13	Substitution on	South Africa sub Siya Kolisi comes onto the field.
13	Substitution off	Kwagga Smith departs for South Africa.
9	Conversion - Hit Right Post	Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu hits the right post with the conversion, failing to add the two points.
8	Try - Close range	Boan Venter scores the try from close range.
3	Conversion - Kicked	Luka Matkava has kicked a conversion.
2	Try - Close range	Georgia are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Vano Karkadze touching down.
2	Substitution on	Kwagga Smith comes on.
2	Substitution off	Siya Kolisi comes off.
0	Start Of First Half	We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

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