GEORGIA 23-7 CZECH REP
Georgia were much stronger, faster and far more skilful. Their defense remained unpenetrable till injury time. Recalled pivot Kvinikhidze used tactical kicks to perfection with wind and goaled every pot-attempt

Krejci missed PK from 38m at 14'. Kvirikashvili broke on
kick-off return, made good ground and threw long cut-out pass to Skinini, who was tackled just short of goal-line but supporting Zedguinidze was first to the ball
TRY!

Midway thru the second half Kvinikhidze kicked to touch from
PK, a Czech back tapped the ball infield, GEO forwards were quicker at the breakdown and ex basketball player Gorgodze bumped off up to five would-be tacklers on his way to right corner
TRY!

SOME STATS: GEO won five line-outs on opposition throw and lost just one on their own. GEO were penalized on 17 occasions (mostly in attack) while Czechs gave away only 6 penalties

IMPORTANT NOTE: Czechs told Olympi writer Nukri
that
RUGBY occupies 63rd position on their Sports Ministry's priority list just after the DARTS
 

* Scoring

 3-0 28'   GEO Kvinikhidze P
10-0 30'   GEO Zedguinidze T, Kvinikhidze C
13-0 37'   GEO Kvinikhidze P
16-0 40+2' GEO Kvinikhidze P

23-0 63'   GEO Gorgodze T, Kvinikhidze C
23-7 80+3' CZR Rohlik T, Krejci C



* LELOS OF GEORGIA
               
Club       Age Caps - T, Goals
15 Otar BARKALAIA     Lelo         20   3 - 0, 1
11 Goga SHKININI      Hooligana    21  NC
14 Lexo GUGAVA        Locomotivi   22   2

13 Tedo ZIBZIBADZE    Gourdon FRA  24  30 - 5
12 Lasha PIRPILASHVILI   Lelo      21   1
10 Boba KVINIKHIDZE   Locomotivi   26   3 - 0, 3

9 Meko KVIRIKASHVILI  Lelo         21   8 - 0, 4

1 Mevlud MTIULISHVILI Aurillac FRA 34  28
2 David DADUNASHVILI  Nimes FRA    22   6 - 1
3 Niko TCHAVTCHAVADZE Qochebi      29   2

4 Ilia ZEDGUINIDZE
(C) `clubless   27  29 - 8
5 Mamuka GORGODZE     Lelo         20   5

6 Besso UDESSIANI     Chalon FRA   25   5
7 Zviad MAISSURADZE   Locomotivi   24   2
8 George CHKHAIDZE    Bordeaux FRA 23  10 - 1

Bench

22 Nono ANDGHULADZE   Locomotivi   26   9 - 1
21 Denis PINCHUKOVI   Academia     22  NC
20 Bidzina SAMKHARADZE Locomotivi  21   3

16 George KUTARASHVILI Oyonnax FRA 26   2
17 Sandro ESSAKIA     Tyrosse FRA  29   6
18 David JGHENTI      Locomotivi   24  NC
19 Shalva PAPASHVILI  Academia     22   1

Subs

40' 22 for 12
48' 17 for 3
52' 16 for 1
60' 20 for 9
68' 18 for 4
68' 19 for 8
71' 21 for 14


* CZECH REPUBLIC

15 Jan ROHLIK       StNazaire FRA
11 Martin JAGR      Toulon FRA
14 Zdenek ZAK       Praga

13 Martin PEKAREK   Ricany
12 Antonin BRABEC   StNazaire FRA
10 Tomas KREJCI     StSaturnin FRA

9 Pavel SYROVY      Praga

1 Roman SUSTER      StNazaire FRA
2 Lukas RAPANT      StNazaire FRA
3 Pavel STASNY      Vichy FRA

4 Miroslav NEMECEK  Ricany
5 Robert VOVES      StNazaire FRA

6 Martin PEKAREK    StNazaire FRA
7 Ladislav VONDRASEK
(C) Bracknell ENG
8/23 Jan MACHACEK   Ricany

Bench

22 Vaclav JURSIK    Sparta
20 Pavel CAMRDA     Ricany
21 Viceslav DOSEDLA Brno

16 Lukas HUDRMENT   Slavia
17 Jiri SKAL        Ricany
18 Rene KOLACEK     Brno
19 Vaclav ZELENKA   Praga

Subs

41'   17 for  3
48'   20 for 13
70'   22 for 11
70'   19 for  6
74'   18 for  1
80'   16 for  2
80+2' 21 for  9


* Referee: Bernd GABBEI (Germany)

* NO CARDS

* Sat, 20 March 2004; Tbilissi, National Stadium (15 thousand)

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