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Georgia face off against Portugal in Rugby Europe Championship on Sun 6th February 2022 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 11:00. In South Africa it’s at 13:00 SAST, 00:00 NZST in New Zealand, 22:00 AEST in Australia and 03:00 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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The Georgia supporters go wild as Tedo Abzhandadze successfully kicks the conversion.
Georgia are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Tornike Jalagonia touching down.
The touch judges raise their flags as Samuel Marques kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Jose Lima from scoring as they record the try for Portugal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Samuel Marques kicks the conversion.
A pinpoint kick has enabled Rodrigo Marta to score the try.
Mirian Modebadze (Georgia) is shown a yellow card
Tedo Abzhandadze makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Grigor Kerdikoshvili dots the ball down from close range.
Incisive passing by Portugal is finished off by Manuel Cardoso Pinto, as they goes over for the try.
Tedo Abzhandadze does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Brilliant skill shown there by Aka Tabutsadze as they go over the white wash for a try.
The touch judges raise their flags as Samuel Marques kicks the penalty goal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Tedo Abzhandadze kicks the penalty goal.
Samuel Marques kicks the penalty.