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Georgia face off against Portugal in Rugby World Cup Round 3 on Sat 23rd September 2023 at Stadium de Toulouse. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 13:00. In South Africa it’s at 14:00 SAST, 00:00 NZST in New Zealand, 22:00 AEST in Australia and 05:00 EST in the US.
Georgia won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Georgia sits at 13 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Portugal holds 20.
The two sides are separated by 7 places in the rankings with Georgia in position 13 and Portugal in position 20 as such Georgia are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Georgia vs Portugal 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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Great forward play by Georgia allows Tengiz Zamtaradze to score the try.
The touch judges raise their flags as Samuel Marques kicks the conversion.
Raffaele Storti scores! That alone was worth the admission price!!!
Samuel Marques does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Samuel Marques makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Francisco Fernandes (Portugal) is shown a yellow card
What an effort there by Raffaele Storti as they score the try.
The Georgia supporters go wild as Tedo Abzhandadze successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Tedo Abzhandadze does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Tedo Abzhandadze has kicked a conversion.
Great hands by Georgia leads to a try for Aka Tabutsadze