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Italy face off against Georgia in Internationals on Sun 17th November 2024 at Stadio Luigi Ferraris. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 13:40 and is broadcast on TNT Sports, Discovery+. In South Africa it’s at 15:40 SAST on SuperSport, 02:40 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 00:40 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 05:40 EST in the US.
Italy won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 3 places in the rankings with Italy in position 10 and Georgia in position 13, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Italy 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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The Italy supporters go wild as Paolo Garbisi successfully kicks the conversion.
Italy are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Alessandro Fusco touching down.
Akaki Tabutsadze (Georgia) is shown a yellow card
Luka Matkava does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Incisive passing by Georgia is finished off by Vasil Lobzhanidze, as they goes over for the try.
The Georgia supporters go wild as Luka Matkava successfully kicks the penalty goal.
The Italy supporters go wild as Paolo Garbisi successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Luka Matkava makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A wonderful passing move by Georgia is finished off by Akaki Tabutsadze
Paolo Garbisi adds the points for Italy.