Tonga VS Georgia Live commentary Pacific Nations Cup 2018

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Tonga

Georgia

09 Jun 2018

02:00

ANZ National Stadium, Suva

Brendon Pickerill

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Conversion Scored

79:00'

Kurt Morath kicks his first conversion vs Georgia at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 79th minute (15 - 16).

Kurt Morath has scored a total of 2 points this in 1 matches, he now has 338 (2 tries, 50 conversions and 76 penalties) points in 11 in 33 matches.»
Kurt Morath has now kicked his 1 conversions out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 86.21% strike rate with 50 successful kicks from 58 attempts in 11 .»
Kurt Morath has now kicked 1 successful kicks out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 82.35% strike rate with 126 successful kicks from 153 attempts in 11 .»
Kurt Morath has now scored 13 points (2 conversions and 3 penalties) against Georgia in the in 3 matches scoring 4.33 points per match.»
Kurt Morath has scored 53.85% of points against Georgia at home, 7 from a total of 13 in the 3 appearances he played against them in the .»
Kurt Morath has scored 69.23% of points against Georgia in the first half, 9 from a total of 13 in the 3 appearances he played against them in the .»
Tonga's scored 35 points against Georgia's 39 points in the 2 meetings in the .»

Try

79:00'

Tevita Halaifonua scores his first try vs Georgia at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 79th minute (13 - 16).

Tevita Halaifonua has scored a total of 5 points this in 1 matches, he now has 85 (15 tries, 2 conversions and 2 penalties) points in 21 in 73 matches.»
Tevita Halaifonua scores his first try this and scored a total of 5 points, he now has 15 tries in 21 .»
The last time Tevita Halaifonua scored a try was against Saracens back in Saturday 5th of May 2018, 0 matches, 0 minute.»
Best for Tevita Halaifonua was 16/17 scoring a total of 3 tries in 9 appearances for Gloucester.»
Tevita Halaifonua has now scored 8 points (1 try and 1 penalty) against Georgia in the in 3 matches scoring 2.67 points per match.»
Tonga's scored 33 points against Georgia's 39 points in the 2 meetings in the .»

Discipline

78:00'

Georgia will have to play the next 10 minutes without Jaba Bregvadze, he is sent to the sin bin by Brendon Pickerill in the 78th minute.

Jaba Bregvadze was sent to the Sin Bin first time this , he has now 3 sin bins in 24 .»

Replacement

75:00'

75th min: Vasil Lobzhanidze is replaced by Giorgi Begadze.

First time Giorgi Begadze come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 47 appearances in 13 .»

Replacement

75:00'

75th min: Sonatane Takulau is replaced by Shinnosuke Tu'umoto'oa.

Shinnosuke Tu'umoto'oa makes his debut.»

Replacement

75:00'

75th min: Sione Fifita is replaced by Michael Faleafa.

Michael Faleafa makes his debut.»

Conversion Missed

71:00'

Sonatane Takulau missed his first conversion in the 71st minute.

In 19 , Sonatane Takulau has scored 298 points (19 tries, 1 drop goal, 40 conversions and 40 penalties) in 82 matches, including 3 points this in 1 matches.»
Sonatane Takulau has now kicked his 0 conversions out of 1 attempts and has a 0% success rate and overall has a 75.47% strike rate with 40 successful kicks from 53 attempts in 19 .»
Sonatane Takulau has now kicked 1 successful kicks out of 3 attempts and has a 33.33% success rate and overall has a 80% strike rate with 80 successful kicks from 100 attempts in 19 .»

Try

71:00'

Viliami Lolohea scores his first try vs Georgia at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 71st minute (8 - 16).

In 3 , Viliami Lolohea has scored 30 points in 18 matches, including 5 points this in 0 matches.»
Viliami Lolohea scores his first try this and scored a total of 5 points, he now has 6 tries in 3 .»
The last time Viliami Lolohea scored a try was against Tasman back in Sunday 24th of September 2017, 0 matches, 0 minute.»
Best for Viliami Lolohea was 2015 ITM Cup scoring a total of 3 tries in 8 appearances for Tasman.»
Tonga's scored 28 points against Georgia's 39 points in the 2 meetings in the .»

Replacement

70:00'

70th min: Ziggy Fisi'ihoi is replaced by David Feao.

David Feao makes his debut.»

Replacement

70:00'

70th min: Paul Ngauamo is replaced by Sosefo Sakalia.

Sosefo Sakalia makes his debut.»

Replacement

70:00'

70th min: Penikolo Latu is replaced by Viliami Lolohea.

Viliami Lolohea makes his debut.»

Replacement

67:00'

67th min: Karlen Asieshvili is replaced by Giorgi Tetrashvili.

First time Giorgi Tetrashvili come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 28 appearances in 6 .»

Replacement

67:00'

67th min: Shelva Satiashvili is replaced by Saba Shubitisze.

First time Saba Shubitisze come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 6 appearances in 3 .»

Replacement

65:00'

65th min: Alexander Todua is replaced by Merab Kvirikashvili.

First time Merab Kvirikashvili come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 60 appearances in 17 .»

Penalty Missed

65:00'

Georgia Soso Matiashvili misses his 2nd penalty of the match in the 65th minute.

With 16 points this (1 try, 1 conversion and 3 penalties) in 1 matches, Soso Matiashvili has now scored 69 points (4 tries, 11 conversions and 9 penalties) in 3 , in 6 matches.»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 3 penalties out of 5 attempts and has a 60% success rate and overall has a 81.82% strike rate with 9 successful kicks from 11 attempts in 3 .»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 4 successful kicks out of 6 attempts and has a 66.67% success rate and overall has a 90.91% strike rate with 20 successful kicks from 22 attempts in 3 .»

Replacement

62:00'

62nd min: Sione Lolohea is replaced by Ben Tameifuna.

First time Ben Tameifuna come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 130 appearances in 15 .»

Penalty Scored

60:00'

Soso Matiashvili kicks his 3rd penalty vs Tonga at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 60th minute (3 - 16).

In 3 , Soso Matiashvili has scored 69 points (4 tries, 11 conversions and 9 penalties) in 6 matches, including 16 points this (1 try, 1 conversion and 3 penalties) in 1 matches.»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 3 penalties out of 4 attempts and has a 75% success rate and overall has a 90% strike rate with 9 successful kicks from 10 attempts in 3 .»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 4 successful kicks out of 5 attempts and has a 80% success rate and overall has a 95.24% strike rate with 20 successful kicks from 21 attempts in 3 .»
Georgia's scored 39 points against Tonga's 23 points in the 2 meetings in the .»

60 minute.

60:00'

Replacement

56:00'

56th min: Daniel Faleafa is replaced by Valentino Mapapalangi.

Valentino Mapapalangi makes his debut.»

Replacement

54:00'

54th min: Shalva Mamukashvili is replaced by Jaba Bregvadze.

First time Jaba Bregvadze come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 96 appearances in 24 .»

Replacement

54:00'

54th min: Levan Chilachava is replaced by Irakli Mirtskhulava.

First time Irakli Mirtskhulava come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 23 appearances in 6 .»

Replacement

53:00'

53rd min: Nodo Tcheishvili is replaced by Konstantin Mikautadze.

First time Konstantin Mikautadze come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 124 appearances in 24 .»

Discipline

46:00'

Georgia will have to play the next 10 minutes without Mikheil Gachechiladze, he is sent to the sin bin by Brendon Pickerill in the 46th minute.

Mikheil Gachechiladze was sent to the Sin Bin first time this , he has now 2 sin bins in 2 .»

Half Time

40:00'

Penalty Scored

38:00'

Soso Matiashvili kicks his 2nd penalty vs Tonga at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 38th minute (3 - 13).

Soso Matiashvili has scored a total of 13 points (1 try, 1 conversion and 2 penalties) this in 1 matches, he now has 66 (4 tries, 11 conversions and 8 penalties) points in 3 in 6 matches.»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 2 penalties out of 3 attempts and has a 66.67% success rate and overall has a 88.89% strike rate with 8 successful kicks from 9 attempts in 3 .»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 3 successful kicks out of 4 attempts and has a 75% success rate and overall has a 95% strike rate with 19 successful kicks from 20 attempts in 3 .»

Penalty Scored

35:00'

Sonatane Takulau kicks his first penalty vs Georgia at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 35th minute (3 - 10).

In 19 , Sonatane Takulau has scored 298 points (19 tries, 1 drop goal, 40 conversions and 40 penalties) in 82 matches, including 3 points this in 1 matches.»
Sonatane Takulau has now kicked 1 penalties out of 2 attempts and has a 50% success rate and overall has a 85.11% strike rate with 40 successful kicks from 47 attempts in 19 .»
Sonatane Takulau has now kicked 1 successful kicks out of 2 attempts and has a 50% success rate and overall has a 80.81% strike rate with 80 successful kicks from 99 attempts in 19 .»
Sonatane Takulau has now scored 8 points (1 conversion and 2 penalties) against Georgia in the in 4 matches scoring 2 points per match.»

Penalty Missed

27:00'

At ANZ National Stadium, Suva, Georgia Soso Matiashvili misses the target with his first penalty attempt of the match

In 3 , Soso Matiashvili has scored 63 points (4 tries, 11 conversions and 7 penalties) in 6 matches, including 10 points this (1 try, 1 conversion and 1 penalty) in 1 matches.»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 1 penalties out of 2 attempts and has a 50% success rate and overall has a 87.5% strike rate with 7 successful kicks from 8 attempts in 3 .»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 2 successful kicks out of 3 attempts and has a 66.67% success rate and overall has a 94.74% strike rate with 18 successful kicks from 19 attempts in 3 .»

Penalty Scored

21:00'

Soso Matiashvili finds the target with his first penalty kick of the match vs Tonga at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 21st minute (0 – 10)

In 3 , Soso Matiashvili has scored 63 points (4 tries, 11 conversions and 7 penalties) in 6 matches, including 10 points this (1 try, 1 conversion and 1 penalty) in 1 matches.»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 1 penalties out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 100% strike rate with 7 successful kicks from 7 attempts in 3 .»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 2 successful kicks out of 2 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 100% strike rate with 18 successful kicks from 18 attempts in 3 .»

20 minute.

20:00'

Replacement

17:00'

17th min: Nafi Tuitavake is replaced by Latiume Fosita.

First time Latiume Fosita come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 41 appearances in 12 .»

Penalty Missed

15:00'

Sonatane Takulau missed his first penalty in the 15th minute.

Sonatane Takulau has now kicked 0 penalties out of 1 attempts and has a 0% success rate and overall has a 84.78% strike rate with 39 successful kicks from 46 attempts in 19 .»
Sonatane Takulau has now kicked 0 successful kicks out of 1 attempts and has a 0% success rate and overall has a 80.61% strike rate with 79 successful kicks from 98 attempts in 19 .»

Conversion Scored

7:00'

Soso Matiashvili kicks his first conversion in this match vs Tonga at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 7th minute (0 - 7).

With 7 points this (1 try and 1 conversion) in 1 matches, Soso Matiashvili has now scored 60 points (4 tries, 11 conversions and 6 penalties) in 3 , in 6 matches.»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked his 1 conversions out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 100% strike rate with 11 successful kicks from 11 attempts in 3 .»
Soso Matiashvili has now kicked 1 successful kicks out of 1 attempts and has a 100% success rate and overall has a 100% strike rate with 17 successful kicks from 17 attempts in 3 .»

Try

7:00'

Soso Matiashvili crosses the whitewash for the opening try of the match vs Tonga at ANZ National Stadium, Suva in the 7th minute (0 – 5).

In 3 , Soso Matiashvili has scored 58 points (4 tries, 10 conversions and 6 penalties) in 6 matches, including 5 points this in 1 matches.»
Soso Matiashvili scores his first try this and scored a total of 5 points, he now has 4 tries in 3 .»
The last time Soso Matiashvili scored a try was against Canada back in Saturday 11th of November 2017, 3 matches, 225 minute.»
Best for Soso Matiashvili was 17/18 scoring a total of 2 tries, 8 conversions and 6 penalties in 3 appearances for Georgia.»

Replacement

3:00'

3rd min: Giorgi Kveseladze is replaced by Lasha Malaguradze.

First time Lasha Malaguradze come on the field as a substitute in this , overall having 61 appearances in 20 .»

Kick Off

0:00'

The leading top try scorers for this matches are Jack Lam (Manu Samoa, Openside Flanker), Dwayne Polataivao (Manu Samoa, Scrum Half), Melani Matavao (Manu Samoa, Scrum Half), Vereniki Goneva (Fiji, Center), Ben Volavola (Fiji, Outside Half), Henry Seniloli (Fiji, Scrum Half) & Kini Murimurivalu (Fiji, Left Wing) having 1 tries each.»
With 9 points Ben Volavola (Fiji, Outside Half) is the leading scorer in this matches.»

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Pre-match Stats

Tonga starting XV averages 30 years and 302 days, with the youngest player in the line up Penikolo Latu at 24 years and 357 days, compared to the oldest Joe Tuineau at 36 years and 264 days.
Georgia starting XV averages 28 years and 313 days, with the youngest player in the line up Giorgi Kveseladze at 20 years and 210 days, compared to the oldest Shelva Satiashvili at 34 years and 136 days.
Georgia starting team forwards averages 29 years and 53 days compared to the backs with an average of 26 years and 142 days.
The debutantes for Tonga in the are Sione Fifita(Full Back), Penikolo Latu(Center), Sione Lolohea(Hooker), Ziggy Fisi'ihoi(Prop), Leva Fifita(Lock), Fotu Lokotui(Openside Flanker) & Nasi Manu(No. 8).
The debutantes for Georgia in the are Soso Matiashvili(Left Wing), Anzor Sitchinava(Right Wing), Giorgi Kveseladze(Center) & Mikheil Gachechiladze(Blindside Flanker).
Ben Volavola(Outside Half, Fiji) has the top strike rate in this having 40% strike rate with 2 successful kicks from 5 attempts, with 2 of 4 conversions and 0 out of 1 penalties finding there way between the posts.»
This is the first time Brendon Pickerill has refereed in the .
This is the first time Brendon Pickerill has refereed this fixture in the .
Brendon Pickerill is in charge of Tonga for the first time in the .
Brendon Pickerill is in charge of Georgia for the first time in the .
Georgia's Davit Kacharava (Center) has played against Tonga 1 times scoring 2 tries.»
The only time the two sides meet in the , it ended Tonga 20 – Georgia 23 on the 18 June 2016.»
In the only match in this between the two teams, Georgia has won.»
There have been 43 points in the only match between the two sides, Tonga have scored 20 and Georgia have scored 23.»

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