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Autumn Nations Cup: Wales 18-0 Georgia

Autumn Nations Cup: Wales 18-0 Georgia
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Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit scores his first try for Wales
Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit scores his first try for Wales
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Tries: Rees-Zammit, Webb Con: Sheedy Pens: Sheedy 2
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Wales ended their run of six defeats with an unconvincing Autumn Nations Cup win over Georgia in wet conditions at Parc y Scarlets.

Tries from teenage wing Louis Rees-Zammit and scrum-half Rhys Webb, plus eight points from fly-half Callum Sheedy, sealed the win.

Wales will have to improve with England visiting Llanelli next Saturday.

Wayne Pivac also has concerns over flanker Justin Tipuric, who left the field with a head injury.

What the Wales head coach does in terms of selection next week remains to be seen with many experienced campaigners aiming to come back in.

Man of the match Aaron Wainwright, second-row Jake Ball and centre Johnny Williams carried well, while Wales were dominant in the scrum in challenging conditions but the attacking tempo needs to quicken up.

Wales’ last win had come against Italy on 1 February, which had been followed by two defeats each against France and Ireland and losses against England and Scotland.

Wales had won both matches against Georgia with a 13-6 win in 2017 followed by a World Cup pool 43-14 win in Japan two years later.

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Pivac made 13 personnel changes, with only Tipuric and Liam Williams surviving from the starting side that lost 32-9 to Ireland in Dublin. Tipuric led the side in the absence of Alun Wyn Jones.

James Botham, grandson of England cricket great Lord Botham, made his Wales debut having only been called up to the squad on Monday alongside Johnny McNicholl who was also started.

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Cardiff-born Botham was among three newcomers selected in the starting side to face Georgia alongside Scarlets backs Johnny Williams and Kieran Hardy.

Former London Irish and Newcastle centre Williams, meanwhile, was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year and had chemotherapy before returning to professional rugby 10 months ago.

He represented England and scored a try in a non-cap game against the Barbarians in 2019, but qualifies for Wales through his father, who hails from Rhyl.

Bristol fly-half Sheedy, who also played for England against Barbarians, and 19-year-old Gloucester wing Rees-Zammit made their first Test starts after debuts as replacements in recent games – the former against Ireland, the latter against France.


Georgia made five changes from their defeat against England. Eight of the starting 15 are currently with French clubs, including Brive half-backs Vasil Lobzhanidze and Tedo Abzhandadze, and six of the forwards.

Georgia arrived in Wales with a reputation as strong scrummagers but was Wales that enjoyed early set-piece dominance.

The Georgians were penalised and Sheedy opened the scoring with his first international points. Wales dominance took a while to materialise into the opening try but the scrummaging superiority and Georgia indiscipline resulted in the hosts wearing their visitors down.

Justin Tipuric tackled as Beka Saghinadze (left) comes in with right arm
Wales captain Justin Tipuric was forced to leave after suffering a blow to the head

Sheedy’s looped pass allowed Rees-Zammit to claim his first international try which the fly-half converted.

Centre Williams was impressive with some strong bursts while captain Tipuric maintained his high levels of international performances.

Georgia began to show glimpses of attacking invention towards the end of the first-half but Tedo Abzhandadze missed a penalty with the last before half-time with Wales leading 10-0 at the interval.

McNicholl was forced off the field early in the second-half and was replaced by Jonah Holmes, before Sheedy pulled a penalty attempt wide.

Wales’ scrum dominance continued in the second-half with Scarlets props Wyn Jones and Samson Lee enjoying themselves on home turf and Sheedy benefited with his second penalty.

An excellent run counter-attacking run from Rees-Zammit saw him link up with Tipuric who suffered a head injury following a swinging arm from opposite number Beka Saginadze. The Georgian was given a yellow card by referee Luke Pearce when a red card was discussed.

There was initial concern over Tipuric in how he fell to the ground. The British and Irish Lions left the field after being dazed by the challenge and will face a battle to be fit to face England next Saturday.

Replacement scrum-half Webb took over the captaincy, while 19-year-old full-back Ioan Lloyd came on the field for his first cap for Liam Williams, who left the field following a mouth injury.

Botham almost marked his debut with a runaway try but was penalised after being tackled. Wales’ second try finally came after Johnny Williams and Rees-Zammit set up the supporting Webb to score the final points.

Line-ups

Wales: Liam Williams; Johnny McNicholl, Nick Tompkins, Johnny Williams, Louis Rees-Zammit; Callum Sheedy, Kieran Hardy; Wyn Jones, Elliot Dee, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Seb Davies, James Botham, Justin Tipuric (capt), Aaron Wainwright.

Replacements: Sam Parry, Nicky Smith, Leon Brown, Cory Hill, James Davies, Rhys Webb, Ioan Lloyd, Jonah Holmes.

Georgia: Lasha Khmaladze; Akaki Tabutsadze, Giorgi Kveseladze, Merab Sharikadze (capt), Sandro Todua; Tedo Abzhandadze, Vasil Lobzhanidze; Mikheil Nariashvili, Jaba Bregvadze, Beka Gigashvili, Grigor Kerdikoshvili, Kote Mikautadze, Otar Giorgadze, Beka Saginadze, Beka Gorgadze.

Replacements: Giorgi Chkoidze, Guram Gogichashvili, Lexo Kaulashvili, Lasha Jaiani, Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, Gela Aprasidze, Demur Tapladze, Tamaz Mchedlidze.

Match officials

Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

Assistant referees: Andrew Brace and Frank Murphy (both IRFU)

TMO: Joy Neville (IRFU).

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