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Germany face off against Georgia in Rugby Europe Championship Round 1 on Sun 4th February 2024 at Paul Greifzu Stadion. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:00. In South Africa it’s at 16:00 SAST, 03:00 NZST in New Zealand, 01:00 AEST in Australia and 06:00 EST in the US.
Georgia won the last encounter but Georgia are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Georgia sits at 13 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Germany holds 35.
The two sides are separated by 22 places in the rankings with Germany in position 35 and Georgia in position 13 as such Georgia are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Germany vs Georgia will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Giorgi Kartvelishvili (Georgia) is shown a yellow card
The Germany supporters go wild as Raynor Parkinson successfully kicks the conversion.
A stunning solo try from Nikolai Klewinghaus
The Georgia supporters go wild as Luka Matkava successfully kicks the conversion.
Great hands by Georgia leads to a try for Mirian Modebadze
The touch judges raise their flags as Luka Matkava kicks the conversion.
Merab Sharikadze scores! That alone was worth the admission price!!!
Luka Matkava adds the two points for Georgia.
The pick and go results in a try for Georgia as Ilia Spanderashvili goes over.
Oliver Paine (Germany) is shown a yellow card
The Germany supporters go wild as Edoardo Stella successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Edoardo Stella makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Germany are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Markus Bachofer picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.