Australia vs Georgia 09.09.2023

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00:00:00 all the preparation it all comes down to this

00:00:05 Luke Pierce is our referee tonight he knows both teams well he repped Australia

00:00:18 against France here two weeks ago and two games for Georgia in 2019 it's the

00:00:25 fallen giants of world rugby against the ambitious best of the developing rugby world

00:00:31 Australia and Georgia Georgia all in white Australia in green and gold

00:00:37 and Lovzhanadze the scrum half starts with a kick to Carter Gordon to the new man Ben

00:00:48 Donaldson his first start for Australia wearing the 15 shirt we understand he'll be doing

00:00:54 the goal kicking tonight and he can't charge down the kick of Davit Naniashvili the man from Lyon

00:00:59 here's Carter Gordon again he had a difficult night here a couple of weeks ago in the world cup warm-up

00:01:03 against France kicking off the tee we understand that's why Donaldson has been brought into this

00:01:11 wallaby 15 here's Mark Nwanganitawasi

00:01:14 a new player for Australia but full of confidence and there's a sign of it

00:01:20 for 50 22 as well Rupert's is going to be a throw-in for Australia that's fantastic work

00:01:26 from Nwanganitawasi

00:01:29 it's a good start from Australia that's hacking line up David Piriki

00:01:37 he's got plenty of tall timber to find and one of them's Richie Arnold and

00:01:43 now Nwanganitawasi coming around the corner off his right wing already

00:01:47 Hooper the big number six and there's Taniyela Tupole on the occasion of his 50th test for

00:01:57 Australia five meters out getting go forward already Rob Valentini with a bit of help from

00:02:02 his skipper Will Skelton McDermott goes the same way here is Skelton mountainous man

00:02:14 he's got a couple of little brothers who are bigger than him and here's Jordan Petaria

00:02:19 who will score for Australia inside two minutes the wallabies are up and running at the Rugby World Cup

00:02:28 well it came down to that kicking Jill Australia put themselves in great position through Mark

00:02:37 Nwanganitawasi and he was heavily involved as well with a couple of hit ups so strong as the number

00:02:43 14 for the wallabies and just flexing their muscles up front with their forward pack do some great work

00:02:51 yeah Jordan Petaria his seventh test try

00:02:57 this is just a back end of it was nice recognition there from Tate McDermott he

00:03:04 faked to go open went to the blind and look at that he's just way too strong for that loop

00:03:10 yeah exactly right and Petaria is one of those players for Australian rugby that's been struggling

00:03:13 with injuries throughout his career so Australian fans just excited to see him back on the pitch and

00:03:18 playing some really good footy at the moment and hopefully from Australian's perspective

00:03:23 they can continue that and he can continue to stay fit for the wallabies yeah it's a good point Lou

00:03:29 he was the youngest player ever player for Australia at a World Cup four years ago in

00:03:34 Japan and here is Ben Donaldson just his fourth cap brought in for goal kicking

00:03:43 just misses it to the left hand side remains Australia five Georgina

00:03:49 before young group you couldn't ask for a better start coach Eddie Jones will be pretty happy with

00:03:56 the way they were able to get into their rolling set perfect line out set piece to get it all

00:04:00 started as well so look up Mats cover fire half for Georgia we'll get us underway it's a bit of

00:04:12 a wobbly one it's into the hands of Angus Bell he's the son of a wallaby comes some

00:04:18 fine rugby stock and he's Carter Gordon he's been charged down it's the Georgian scrum half

00:04:26 loves your nuts day and they're going to get a penalty out of it it could have been much worse

00:04:30 it was competition in the air he did land heavy the love gene nuts that

00:04:37 taken in any is the call from referee Luke Pierce interesting to go for the three or go for the

00:04:42 sideline here Georgia play they'll go for the three but it's exactly the reply you want

00:04:50 after the fast start from Australia an opportunity to go for points

00:04:53 here's the competition in the offer there was fine he won the ball fairly didn't he just

00:05:06 lost the handle as he hit the floor

00:05:09 so perhaps a fortunate break there for Georgia but his lucum Mats cover

00:05:17 just 21 years of age is 11th test match

00:05:24 that's cover picks up Georgia's first points of the World Cup and they close the gap to two

00:05:34 the interesting start here for Carter Gordon a lot of pressure on him as you spoke about

00:05:38 a couple weeks ago didn't have the best kicking game off the tee that Tommy gets charged down

00:05:45 tries to compete for the ball and gives away their penalty so you want to settle in a bit more

00:05:49 you've got to wonder about the confidence levels a little bit having you given

00:05:52 I've had to bring in Donaldson for goal kicking it's a tricky start for Carter Gordon

00:05:59 the sunshine coast in Queensland I'll tell you what he'd be used to this heat

00:06:04 stifling again tonight mercury up towards 36 degrees

00:06:10 taking in Georgia taking in outside as well so it shouldn't bother them either

00:06:15 what was your answer hi again off the base that one's straight out

00:06:21 another mistake from the georgia fruit they're kicking

00:06:26 in Australia now again could have taken opportunity we saw their first line out

00:06:32 it's very effective the win oti off the top

00:06:37 put their head up what do they do now on this side because they got marika

00:06:39 he's very good with his strength number four I asked you twice to step I got a free kick

00:06:46 here Australia heard the word of Luke Pierce the referee asked them to give a step they didn't

00:06:51 Mike McTurna gives it to Angus Bell puts the shoulder in and it's gone forward little messy

00:06:59 there from Australia and Bell with it head in his hands not happy with himself well I think one

00:07:06 thing you got to remember with this humidity is going to be a lot of sweat on the ball we saw this

00:07:09 last night in the opening game we players took it into contact got to have more respect

00:07:14 the shoulder of Shalva Mammukashvili 32 years of age the Georgian hooker dislodging that ball

00:07:22 not sure there was many arms in that tackle he got the decision for his side first scrum now

00:07:30 to the open side they're looking really flat in their setup at Georgia so that tells me they're

00:07:35 either going to run or they're going to kick on the right hand side so you need to sit up here

00:07:41 there are 14 Georgian props currently playing in the top 14 in France this is their bread and

00:07:49 butter Australia scrum has improved of late and they do get a bit of go forward the wallabies

00:07:55 it's picked up by Becker

00:07:58 Gulgadze does well to get it away to his scrum half Lobzhanadze

00:08:02 going into help out there Matkava from his fly half position

00:08:10 Georgia use it no long leg of Abuladze there the loose head prop just make a little longer and

00:08:18 here's Lobzhanadze he's been charged down by Will Skelton and Matkava's alert to it that was

00:08:24 dangerous science it's Tabet Niniashvili for Georgia no become a real star of the top 14 is

00:08:34 Naniashvili another high kick well taken by Marika Konambeti so dangerous on the counter-attack

00:08:40 Konambeti's got Kerevy with him gets the ball to him he was half scragged as well audacious

00:08:47 offload to Jordan Pattaya as well good stuff from the wallaby back line

00:08:53 Tate McDermott he dishes it to Noang Anitawase

00:08:57 exciting break from Konambeti here's Will Skelton

00:09:04 no foul play step please McDermott he's got ball runners putting his hand up but he goes

00:09:11 the short side to Jordan Pattaya he gets the ball away to Mark Noang Anitawase

00:09:22 what a ball from Jordan Pattaya a try of his own and now an assist as well

00:09:28 set up though by his opposite wing partner Marika Konambeti who made the initial break

00:09:35 I saw Samu Kerevy was taken early he was able to stay strong and get the ball to this near side of

00:09:41 the field Tate McDermott great recognition for him watch here Marika Konambeti goes to cross field

00:09:48 there's the hole hits the angle runs strong gets through looks to link up with a support

00:09:53 play he does that this is a nice offload from Konambeti Noang Anitawase does well to keep

00:09:59 infield go towards the support plate but the two wingers already from Australia

00:10:04 just showing the class that they have

00:10:06 Samu Kerevy brilliant pass followed up by the ball from Pattaya as well

00:10:18 what a start for Australia

00:10:20 10-0 they lead not even 10 minutes in

00:10:25 Donaldson on his favorite side has hit that really nicely

00:10:36 and he adds the extra two and Australia are up to 12 points

00:10:45 this is just the back end of it but just the vision and skill

00:10:48 from Jordan Pattaya on show there pretty to watch Louise really was a Mark Noang Anitawase

00:10:55 has come through the Sydney club rugby program and into the Waratahs as well and you can see

00:11:00 him doing well in this test level stage now too they played with the sevens too he was at the

00:11:06 Commonwealth Games with the Aussie sevens in Birmingham last year it really has been a meteoric rise

00:11:13 from Noang Anitawase Carter Gordon now settles himself with a long range clearance

00:11:21 here's Matskava he decides to counter-attack all by himself

00:11:27 gives it to Nani Ashvili the star from Lyon in the top 14

00:11:32 decides the kick and it's returned by Gordon

00:11:38 I'm just going to let this one Georgia go all the way down they could have tapped it in their

00:11:46 own area for the drop out and here goes Nani Ashvili lovely feet to Matskava

00:11:50 inside ball now to Ivan Ashvili

00:11:55 Jagalanya from Biarritz

00:12:02 where he plays his club rugby

00:12:06 Noang Anitawase is under it a little too long for the chasers that one under the attentions of

00:12:17 Moribadze in the 11 shirt put on the floor by the hooker Noang Mukashvili

00:12:22 here's Angus Bell again always puts his hand up

00:12:26 there's Angus Bell Sydney Union the Waratahs

00:12:34 McDermott

00:12:36 well taken by Nani Ashvili gets away from Noang Anitawase

00:12:43 Georgia conceding two early tries just need to settle here and try and get some field position

00:12:51 that is a penalty though to Australia

00:12:56 he's a ceiling right off and not allowing never recovered

00:13:00 killed contest the contest there at the ruck there's one trend i've seen already over the

00:13:06 course of the first two days of this competition when high contestable kicks are put up the

00:13:12 supporting players will run right in front of the catch and just stop cause a bit of a block so

00:13:19 that's something just to be wary of the Georgians did it just then it just gives the player free

00:13:23 rank to go up and contest by himself in Australia will go for the points here Eddie Jones looking

00:13:30 for his first win as head coach of Australia a couple of penalties conceded already by the

00:13:37 Georgian second row and another chance here for Ben Donaldson one of the shock selections

00:13:45 for this Australian team ahead of this Rugby World Cup just three caps coming

00:13:50 into the tournament he's never played fullback in a test match

00:14:15 Donaldson makes good contact once more and that's a fine kick from the new wallaby fullback

00:14:23 they had another extra three here's the penalty they just go down and seal off right there loses

00:14:31 his feet and that's something that the referee's going to be very heavy on see just there the

00:14:34 blocker from Georgia not allowing Ngwangi Nituwasit to have a free go at the fullback

00:14:41 Nemanesh Vili

00:14:47 so Macava gets his back out of the way goes long to Korambeti

00:14:55 very good in this department fielding long restarts as Marika Korambeti

00:15:02 it's really a break to set up Australia's second try back to Carter Gordon

00:15:09 looks like he's settled into this test match finds touch perhaps if he goes

00:15:12 far as he would have liked but gets it over the sideline wherever he's intended to go

00:15:17 just a clean exit that's what you want after scoring points

00:15:22 a huge amount to settle Australian nerves this start 15-3 look at that

00:15:30 meets his mate and carries Australia all over this test match at the moment

00:15:33 a lot of them have been from their wingers as well

00:15:39 long throw to the number eight Gorgadze and they've been done for crossing here

00:15:43 Georgia so just nothing going right for them at the moment

00:15:47 McDermott gets on with it big kick from Tate McDermott

00:15:52 Nemanesh Vili almost back to his own five meter line Korambeti's chased it well

00:15:58 chance now for Australia to counter-attack plenty of room to move Donaldson will give it to

00:16:05 Nwangani Tawase 50-22 is on grub a kick difficult one over the head of Matkava

00:16:11 and he just has to touch that down on his own dead ball area line dropout coming

00:16:16 oh I should have left it I think they had way too much weight on it that kick

00:16:19 just maybe a bit of lack of rugby IQ there at the back

00:16:23 really showing a fine array of skills already in this match that man Mark Nwangani Tawase

00:16:32 what's been his kicking skills in particular they've been on show so far Rupert

00:16:36 Nemanesh Vili 21 years of age from Lyon

00:16:41 and the top 14 Rob Valentini more often than not tops that ball carrying charts for Australia

00:16:54 and it's Pericki getting involved as well Gordon Angus Bell and the wide channels the big loose head

00:17:01 likes to run with the ball in hand will skeleton alongside Arnold

00:17:08 is Gordon sends it high Nwangani Tawase is on the chase for Australia and he brings it down

00:17:16 beautifully offloads to Valentini Jordan Pataya can't get the ball to a wallaby teammates

00:17:24 they will get the feed to the scrum but a very good kick from Carter Gordon but how about Nwangani

00:17:32 Tawase once more well finally he gets a one-on-one this is just athlete on athlete look at him eyes

00:17:38 for the ball timing of the jump was fantastic but what about the vision to offload that ball

00:17:43 to Valentini ripping around the back we saw this when they played France here in this stadium in

00:17:50 their final warm-up game two weeks ago the aerial game from Australia

00:17:58 full house here at the Stade de France for this opening pool game in group C

00:18:16 Australia and Georgia just brilliant attendance numbers already at this Rugby World Cup

00:18:21 Australia looking for their third try

00:18:25 big power comes on the scrum Valentini's got it under control and they've got the

00:18:32 penalty advantage Australia I think they'll go again here Australia at scrum time keep the

00:18:39 pressure on no use going for three I don't think that's going to do much

00:18:44 just to become a real strength of their game hasn't it Carl the scrum they actually did really

00:18:48 well won some scrum penalties against France here in that warm-up game and so far in this

00:18:53 one dominating Georgia yeah very good very much been a target area for them

00:18:59 over the last 12 months and it's starting to come good to the big second row an explosive back row

00:19:07 we have the wallabies nicknamed Tom and Thor 135 kilograms Angus Bell is gushing about his

00:19:17 weightlifting ability during the week he's been out for a little while too so since he's been

00:19:24 back on his return from injury really has solidified this scrum for the wallabies

00:19:32 McDermott feeds it front rows down this time

00:19:36 Keremi straight line into the Georgian defence

00:19:41 they've got another advantage Australia that's Valentini picking up going again

00:19:49 almost there Australia it's Taniella Tupole he's over the line and they may well check this

00:20:02 you um hang on mate you lost it forward have you so I need to check

00:20:06 you haven't scored the try good honesty thank you very much no try back to the offside penalty

00:20:12 well that is absolutely brilliant from Taniella Tupole fencing up to the knock on there

00:20:17 yeah and we saw it just there with it the way this game is played great honesty from the big number

00:20:24 three first goal and with 29 cameras inside the Stade de France this afternoon he probably thought

00:20:34 they're going to see it anyway but he's that type of character anyway Taniella Tupole is one of these

00:20:39 guys in the game that you love because he is who he is and he stays here and that's one of his traits

00:20:48 yeah character indeed he was an overnight youtube sensation

00:20:52 when he was at Sacred Heart College in Auckland against Kelston Boys High School

00:20:58 decided to choose Australia

00:21:01 could have played for three nations at a rugby world cup but here's Ben Donaldson again

00:21:08 he's looked steady after that near miss with his first conversion from out wide

00:21:16 Ben Donaldson time off no problem from that kind of range Australia 18 Georgia 3

00:21:37 very quickly you talk about Taniella Tupole he's a much-loved character in Australian rugby that

00:21:48 is for sure and he's made the move from the Queensland Reds where he spent so many years

00:21:52 he's going to play for the Melbourne Rebels so big change for him here has a couple of dogs that he's

00:21:57 quite obsessed with and often posts on social media and he has a car sort of kitted out that

00:22:01 he takes around it used to be Queensland might be a bit colder for him in Melbourne now but

00:22:06 they just take around and spend some time with them and the dogs always came on the trip so he's

00:22:10 a fun one to follow on social media as well to see what he gets up to and also KT he's clearly

00:22:17 been given this starting tight end position by Eddie Jones and said you're my man you're my anchor

00:22:23 of my strut I need you fit I need you at your best we need you anchoring this one of the eights and I

00:22:28 think the thing is too when you get a guy such as Eddie Jones backing you how can you not well

00:22:34 there's Mamuka Gogodza absolute legend of Georgian rugby was for a time there

00:22:40 beating Triscore all the time and he'll be concerned about this wallaby stance because

00:22:47 these guys in gold shirts have turned up in this world cup opener so far big time I'll tell you

00:22:53 what we've got the fantasy rugby game going on during the rugby world cup and if you got this

00:22:58 guy in your team Mark now I'm gonna need to ask you you'll be getting some high points that's for

00:23:03 sure yeah get on the app download it get involved the match predictor as well that's a lot of fun too

00:23:11 so many ways to engage with this tournament

00:23:15 so the water break the mandatory water break because it's so hot on this opening weekend

00:23:21 of the rugby world cup is done and Nutcarver will get us back underway 18-3 Australia leading Georgia

00:23:31 two tries to the good

00:23:36 and Skelton just surges through the defensive line

00:23:47 in the pocket was Gordon but he gives it to Donaldson

00:23:50 and he's gone straight down the throat with Miniashvili

00:23:57 there's that jump step they've come accustomed to watching in the top coutures here in France

00:24:01 but Jordan Patai with a big tackle on Modabadze

00:24:04 the ball's gone onto the Georgian side so they can reload here and go again

00:24:10 line speed from Australia making it terribly difficult for Georgia to get

00:24:15 over the advantage line that was Jalagonia

00:24:18 Georgia use it please

00:24:23 Robinson is that Donaldson watched it well

00:24:27 Modabadze inside lads

00:24:34 has put that out on the full he was inside his own 22

00:24:39 so that's where they'll take the line out that's been the best kick for Georgia

00:24:44 so far in this game long and out and I think that's what they need to do they don't need

00:24:50 to keep playing aerial ping-pong with the wallabies I think the wallabies are winning

00:24:54 their battle at the moment well there's the momentum tracker all gold

00:25:00 in this test match so far it's only one way at the moment

00:25:04 nice speaking to Paul Tito the New Zealand born Georgian line out coach at the captain's run

00:25:14 and he was saying they just want to keep the scoreline close down the stretch it was

00:25:20 20 to go they're going to have a go for it but at the moment

00:25:22 they're 15 points down not the plan Luca Divinasvili the open side

00:25:30 has been turned over really well by Australia Keremi just flicks it on yeah it's a pataya

00:25:37 it's gone forward nothing knock on here I think there was a skipper Will Skelton getting in there

00:25:42 and just out muscling the Georgians at the breakdown so much talk about this Australian

00:25:52 selection car coming in is leaving the likes of Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper at home

00:25:56 picking the youngest squad out of all 20 nations here at the Rugby World Cup

00:25:59 but in this pool get through this Fiji next and Wales

00:26:11 Portugal to finish Eddie Jones would have fancied this group when he took this job as head coach of

00:26:17 Australia no doubt we know how much he's into his preparation and thinking outside the box that

00:26:24 Eddie Jones does he's coming here with a plan he's coming here with the guys with a clean slate and

00:26:29 he said you know what you're my man from now on I want to do this job and I'm going to back you

00:26:33 regardless and I think he's got this on the same level yeah and they will of course host the Rugby

00:26:39 World Cup in 2027 and that I think is part of the plan as well

00:26:44 loves you not say

00:26:47 to his captain

00:26:50 and a good touch finder from Donaldson it's actually nice shape there and take wise from

00:27:08 Georgia I think if they've gone through the set of hands rather having the missed pass and using

00:27:12 the kick just need a bit of position and hold on and get a bit of confidence

00:27:15 Jason Riles there the attack coach for Australia brought in rugby league man

00:27:21 Brett Hodgson another rugby league man looking out the defense

00:27:26 there's the salt and pepper beard of Mamukasvili to throw the line out they bring it down safely

00:27:34 and they won't kick this time Becca Gorgadze plays for the Poe Club in the southwest of France

00:27:40 good on Papidze teammate of his at that club into contact as well Georgia use it stay on please

00:27:49 nine another caterpillar rock I think it's been touched that one by

00:27:56 Hooper and Nwanganitawasi climbs high but can't hold on to it

00:28:01 and now loves you not say flings it wide to Niniashvili tries to get away from Kerevi and

00:28:08 he does get the pass away to Tabu Sadze their all-time leading try scorer he's got genuine pace

00:28:14 but Donaldson gets back for Australia

00:28:18 well finally they get it to the man Niniashvili did well to create the two-on-one

00:28:29 the two-on-one on that far side those first two steps which is so quick he's got incredible

00:28:36 try scoring records he's already Georgia's record try scorer just his 32nd cap today

00:28:42 24 tries in 16 games in the rugby europe competition that's effectively the b6 nations

00:28:50 but there's an error here from Becca Gorgadze just to take the air out of the Georgian balloon

00:28:59 there's something you don't need there was no pressure whatsoever here's the break on the

00:29:09 outside I thought he could have looked on the inside support player rather than kicking and

00:29:13 he kicked it very early as well Tabu Sadze but just showing when they can get one-on-ones

00:29:20 because I can then speed up okay

00:29:28 a bit of space

00:29:31 the end product is here it's another scrum for Australia in a very good position

00:29:41 what am I saying Rob Valentini the number eight for the wallabies have a go off the base of this

00:29:46 racket fine set

00:29:52 a flat back of Taniyala Tupo once more driving forward

00:29:59 just pops up for now but Australia can play Valentini I did mate

00:30:06 I was looking at the scrum reset Australia ball up on the mark

00:30:15 you thought Australia might have been able to play there but because the front rows are up

00:30:18 Luke Pearce are judging only if they'd have had a reset yeah and he was correct too in that instance

00:30:23 yeah taking it off early one more second that would have been fine of course big focus for

00:30:29 world rugby more game time in play good move too love it it's Australia just showing their hand a

00:30:40 little bit Carter Gordon directly behind the scrum decided to go to the left hand side where

00:30:45 the strength are those two centers some of Caribbean Jordan Pattaya's very explosive Corbett

00:30:50 O'Neill Hartley the scrum coach for Australia put them for a succession of live scrums in the warm-up

00:30:57 and they were 100 percenters to get them ready for these moments working well so far McDermott

00:31:04 to Karevi to Pattaya Jordan Pattaya up to the 22. McDermott wants a ball runner

00:31:12 Australia use it he finds Hooper this player that Eddie Jones is very excited about but that's a

00:31:20 good double tackle. Becker called Gazzek it's advantage though Australia offside Georgia

00:31:27 on the 22 mate isn't it Jimmy

00:31:32 McDermott change of direction back to Karevi

00:31:35 works his way back and knee injuries suffered at the Commonwealth Games in the seventh team

00:31:41 last year Samu Karevi missed 11 test matches no advantage and they'll go back for the decision

00:31:47 that was a great starter play from Australia and they go quick McDermott forces the issue for the

00:31:53 Wallabies and there's a tackle there which looks high and Luke Pierce wants a chat

00:32:01 there's been a number of penalties down this end they were definitely back to 10. Yeah um Brian

00:32:07 can another quick look please. This might be a little bit higher. Yeah we'll show it to you now.

00:32:13 Brian McNeice the television match of Hill official from Ireland there on the right of shot

00:32:18 okay Luke this is the angle for you now

00:32:30 here it is

00:32:32 yeah we'll show it to you again Luke so contact it's on the shoulder to start with yeah and he's

00:32:47 also falling to ground a bit isn't he falling to ground and then it's mixed up so far there's

00:32:50 one a penalty yeah we're happy yeah just a penalty wait wait wait wait wait okay just be careful

00:33:01 yeah look like the right call there just sort of seat belt tackle that shifted a little high and

00:33:07 looks like Australia are going to go for posts again with Ben Donaldson

00:33:16 sort of defense of Georgia turned his back so he used a quick tap to keep the high tempo game

00:33:22 that's the attitude they're bringing into this one for sure

00:33:25 yeah interesting on Tate McDermott he wasn't actually selected in the very first training

00:33:33 squad that Eddie Jones put together when he took on the Wallabies coaching role this time around

00:33:37 and he showed his work and worth I guess so in super rugby and earned his spot back in sort of

00:33:43 Eddie Jones's mind in terms of selections he was absolutely a beast super rugby pacific

00:33:50 this season Tate McDermott there's no way he Jones could keep him out under that form

00:33:55 captain Australia in Dunedin against the All Blacks

00:33:58 first choice these days is Donaldson adds another three points for Australia

00:34:07 so

00:34:15 so far it looks like all those tough matches they've had to play in the rugby championship

00:34:33 the defeats to Australia Argentina and New Zealand

00:34:36 and up in their warm-ups in the northern hemisphere as well

00:34:39 at 21 three nine wide offside and they've got another penalty here and that's

00:34:50 Lobzhanitsa has been penalized again yes scrub half nine I will carry nine

00:35:02 this year but no one remembers who wins the pre-seasons it's all about this and I'm sure

00:35:09 that's what Eddie Jones would have been telling his men leading into this tournament brick by

00:35:14 brick piece by piece we're building to what we want to do in this first game

00:35:17 well Georgia won warm-ups against Portugal in the USA then lost heavily to Scotland

00:35:24 they led six nil at half time at Murrayfield they conceded five second half tries so perhaps

00:35:31 that was a glimpse of what we might have been seeing here against Australia

00:35:35 seven to one the penalties against Georgia discipline an issue

00:35:39 that's a good high again in the direction of Nawang Anita Awasi

00:35:53 he doesn't time his jump at all well and it's into the hands of Jordan Pattaya he gets the

00:35:59 ball away and McDermott has it a little isolated the scrum half he flings it in field to Donaldson

00:36:05 now Carter Gordon he sees some space over on the far side

00:36:09 shadowed by Lobzhanitsa oh it's going to work out for them in the end it's going to be a goal

00:36:17 line dropout Georgia still under pressure but Carter Gordon didn't need to kick that second one

00:36:21 he had numbers loaded to the left hand side and some big bangers on the outside as well

00:36:25 in those running lengths i thought that might have been an opportunity for the

00:36:32 wallabies to have another attack with the talents of Corrin Bessie out on the wing

00:36:36 33 minutes gone 21-3 the scoreline here's Tom Hooper he's been compared to Owen Finnegan

00:36:46 who famously wore the six shirt when Australia won the world cup in 1999

00:36:50 another ACT Brumby and now Fraser McWright offloads to Donaldson fullback into the line

00:36:56 Tupo arrives beautiful pass to Kerevi

00:37:01 and he does it again at scrum half Daniela Tupo short ball to Arnold

00:37:10 the front five getting involved for Australia slightly misdirected ball there from Tate

00:37:17 McDermott I think Fraser McWright thought he was in a gap and Lobzhanitsa will kick it long

00:37:24 and Tabu Sadze is on the chase Ben Donaldson has really grown into this game in his first start

00:37:31 at fullback kicks it deep it's Matkava who does well to get away from them and now he gives it to

00:37:41 Moribaze back to Matkava here come Georgia pops it up off the deck to the number eight Gorgadze

00:37:50 hands away hands away one Tate McDermott on the floor hasn't moved much

00:37:59 yeah and Luke Pearce is going to blow off time here

00:38:06 there's a chance for a shot here to get a shot to the back of the net

00:38:11 yeah Sharon Flaherhive the Wallabies doctor there that you can see in shot she's been keeping a close eye not also

00:38:16 all also on Tate McDermott now of course the hit that he's caught there also keeping a close eye

00:38:21 on Simon Kerevi who hasn't looked 100% out there Alikai Fekete's been up off the bench

00:38:26 and looking ready to come on as well Nick White of course getting ready now too

00:38:31 just took a knee right to the temple got his head on the wrong side totally inadvertent as well

00:38:38 well it'll be an HIA you can be sure of that so head injury assessment he'll go off but

00:38:43 from what we've seen so far doubtful that he will return Nick White's on the bench

00:38:48 vastly experienced player 63 test caps to his name great kick return though from Georgia

00:38:56 Manny Ashvili superb here's the hit and contact

00:39:02 there's a bit of physical one too this game Georgia on the counter attack looking very sharp

00:39:09 stick to the [ __ ] game plan that's it just do your [ __ ] job

00:39:15 there both sides patience in the a zone

00:39:18 he's own boom boom

00:39:20 yeah Nick White was running onto the field now for the Wallabies and the number 21 jumper of

00:39:31 course to replace Tate McDermott now so he's uh the experienced player in this

00:39:35 squad as we've mentioned throughout this game so he'll uh add plenty of chat out there

00:39:39 yeah it's a good point Lou Nick White he's played a lot of rugby in France for Montpellier as well

00:39:44 Exeter in England back at the Brumbies in Australia but as you say Carl it was a

00:39:48 the brightest moment we've seen some Georgia so far we highlighted pre-game the skill of this

00:39:54 man in jersey number 15 just giving it to his left-hand winger there what it buds it

00:40:00 made a nice run got taken out after he passed the ball back to his fullback as well but

00:40:05 this back three from Georgia is very dangerous I've shown that already

00:40:09 yeah I'm sure he's okay

00:40:16 it's good to see Tate McDermott actually setting up now

00:40:24 it's good to see Eddie Jones will be relieved at that at least in a fine round of applause

00:40:38 for Tate McDermott as he goes off the field under his own steam

00:40:42 and has been replaced by Nick White

00:40:49 key player for Australia long tournament

00:41:04 that's the thing hopefully he's okay moving forward for the wallaby outfits

00:41:09 has been so good so far with his distribution Tate McDermott making some nice choices quick tap

00:41:14 so aware as rugby IQ very hype

00:41:16 okay that's the day is over get back underway here approaching the final five minutes this

00:41:25 georgian front three has been under pressure

00:41:35 there's your mark you stay like what coming on he's very good at the box kick and there's

00:41:49 another option for exits and clearance also relieves a lot of pressure on Carter Gordon

00:41:56 and also Ben Donaldson

00:42:02 graphic telling the story dominance territorially for Australia

00:42:14 fine set Nick White with his first action of this test match and another powerful scrum

00:42:25 from Australia they've been outstanding up front and they have the penalty

00:42:30 it's another penalty against loves and odds he needs to be careful

00:42:34 this is guaranteed at the moment isn't it scrum time penalty penalty penalty for Australia it's

00:42:41 really against tightness isn't it i mean Australian four packs not known for their

00:42:47 scrum dominance over the years but Eddie Jones has gone big at this world cup to get a platform

00:42:54 so his exciting backs can do their work the thing is if you're going to come up to Europe and compete

00:43:00 with the big boys such as Ireland such as France such as Scotland you've got to come with some heat

00:43:06 up front and that's what Eddie Jones is looking for from his front tape some of the Georgian fans

00:43:12 here in the state of France getting a little frustrated they want to get a move on here

00:43:16 acrobatic take one-handed from Arnold and there's Karevi as he so often does runs it straight

00:43:23 and now Skelton

00:43:33 there's the box kick from white no one gonna need to wassai on the chase modern

00:43:37 banzai fair contest in the air there you go play on says the referee

00:43:43 Georgian fans almost willing him to hold on to the ball

00:43:56 then he actually again there's the pop ball to not cover keeping it alive now Georgia

00:44:02 in the ashville the number seven

00:44:05 just gets it over the huge frame of Richie Arnold and Marika Corum Betty at pace takes the high ball

00:44:20 bullet-like pass from white and his hoop big rangy back row it gets rid of one

00:44:27 it was modern badza he was the doormat Karevi again

00:44:31 little dink over the top from Nick White and that'll go over the sideline

00:44:40 we can see the control soon as he's come on here Nick what he didn't want that to go that's why

00:44:47 he's disappointed in himself the hit dirt which was good but just a little bit too hard and oh

00:44:52 my goodness this guy here he doesn't he like a header the tackle from Abeladze but it's a double

00:44:58 hit from the two props

00:44:59 Jimmy yeah thank you Nick White

00:45:06 perhaps not quite as quick running with the ball that he used to be in five

00:45:12 in his youth 33 years of age these days

00:45:14 brilliant controller of a rugby game got cleared position for Australia again

00:45:19 that's been kicked straight out by from his 22 he was the youngest ever player

00:45:28 at a rugby world cup still holds that record he was

00:45:31 just over the age of 18 wrote George North's

00:45:35 record the Welshman long line out into the hands of Samu Karevi

00:45:41 Valentini at pace good tackle though from the fly half for Georgia

00:45:46 and Australia this time get done for sealing off on your feet please oh technically that's

00:45:51 unfortunate for the Wallabies Richard Arnold is the one that's going to be pinged from leaving his

00:45:58 feet at that ruck

00:46:00 happy to put that one over the sideline perhaps he didn't intend that either

00:46:03 Eddie Jones be talking about this last five minutes and lack of control

00:46:08 from his Wallaby outfit he'd be expecting better sort of come down a cog now after their initial

00:46:14 burst and accuracy so that's something

00:46:17 that's something that's going to be a challenge for Eddie Jones

00:46:20 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his

00:46:25 feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:28 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:30 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:32 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:34 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:36 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:38 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:40 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:42 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:46:44 he's got a lot of confidence in his feet he's got a lot of confidence in his feet

00:47:06 he wants to go quick but i think the referee wants a conversation here i'll tell you in a second

00:47:12 uh number 11 is contact in the air and then he gave me a little bit of backshot as well

00:47:17 just a bit of frustration here from georgia talking back to the referee and now australia

00:47:24 going to go deep into the half of this georgian outfit and the opportunity for points

00:47:32 georgia could ill afford to concede a third try and even a penalty before half time

00:47:38 given the state of the scoreboard already it was a good chase from

00:47:42 moda badziby she's got to be so careful these days to time you

00:47:45 you jump but had no realistic chance at that ball and he's taken out

00:47:49 the australian player that's why he's given away the penalty

00:47:53 so australia looking to finish off this fine first half performance with more points

00:48:00 they go the line out drive tape periki has it at the back

00:48:03 just collapses and now they'll play here's caribbean king just bumps off maccarver

00:48:10 angus bell

00:48:15 richie arnold

00:48:19 been impressive the big second row here's the captain skeleton

00:48:27 saniyala tupo amazing feat for a man his size his dimension

00:48:32 here's no one i need to say in an excellent first half for him the right winger tom hooper

00:48:39 australia just recycled possession here go through the phases flat passer

00:48:45 samu karebi does well to stay in field

00:48:53 moda badzik has come all the way around the side of that bro illegally so

00:48:57 and the referee yeah he's got no choice here again persistent infringing

00:49:03 yeah a number of times i've been penalized in this area and it was cynical as well

00:49:10 moda badzik and i think this is just a build-up of frustration on the georgian team

00:49:22 he was told he was told he's never behind the hind most so in this area you've got to be better

00:49:26 smarts than that you talk about frustration that's what it does just making poor decisions

00:49:33 under pressure down to 14 georgia arnold can't however hold on to the line out throw and

00:49:41 gorgadze will just reef it off the field and georgia will go into the changing rooms

00:49:48 just try and compute what has happened to them in this opening half here but it's been a brilliant

00:49:55 40 minutes in the context of australia's rugby world cup off the back of four five straight

00:50:00 test defeats coming in here they will go to half time off the back of two tries and plenty of

00:50:07 points off the boot of ben donaldson as well it has been a really good effort from australia

00:50:15 21-3 they lead georgia

00:50:17 but once again perhaps that's taken its toll on this georgian team the wallabies who had a training

00:50:27 camp in darwin in the northern territory ahead of this world cup look very comfortable indeed

00:50:32 and eddie jones must be very pleased with the way that opening 40 minutes has gone carl tonanna

00:50:38 oh totally he will be for the special first quarter with a very explosive very dominant

00:50:44 but he'll want them to score first he wanted to be accurate he wanted to

00:50:49 start fast again and stick to their plan yellow card it's a modern buds as well they got

00:50:57 14 minutes 14 men for quite a few more minutes georgia they're gonna make a change as well

00:51:06 that man becker gigash billy replacement tighthead he's on for good umpapidze

00:51:12 there's modded badzai the man with the yellow card just before half time

00:51:17 so if their job wasn't tough enough there's still a player down as we begin this second half

00:51:32 georgia with work to do to try and claw back australia

00:51:36 perhaps the only negative for the wallabies was the head injury to take mcdermott

00:51:41 there's carter gordon

00:51:48 not having to worry about the goal kicking tonight ben donaldson looking pretty comfortable in that

00:51:57 area that's looking like a pretty decent selection from eddie jones as well here he is

00:52:02 donaldson just kicks it down to lindy ashley again dangerous counter attacker but

00:52:11 they're just going to try and ease their way into this second half as well

00:52:14 and they get the set piece that they wanted the wallabies

00:52:20 the line has been operating at 100 but very accurate

00:52:24 and also an injury update for you guys are talking about tate mcdermott and hia as we

00:52:27 expected a category one hia and they won't know more i'm being told until the end of the game but

00:52:33 we'll bring you updates

00:52:35 and there's his replacement nick white with a kick that's looking for a 50 22 but it's

00:52:41 acrobatically kept in field by minish billy how on earth did he do that and here he comes the leon

00:52:47 running back he's an excitement machine we were told about this

00:52:53 saved his team a defensive line out there

00:52:58 you get the feeling they might have been told they need to start playing a bit more rugby here georgia

00:53:05 down 21-3

00:53:15 oh

00:53:18 here it is here a bit of skill on the fillback oh yes centimeter in it but he gets the job done

00:53:30 a change too for the wallabies uh samu karebi who were keeping an eye on he didn't look 100

00:53:37 just before half time he is now off well the conflicting replaces him

00:53:43 so la forgetty he started here a couple of weeks ago against france we'll get some big minutes in

00:53:50 this one too karebi did have that hand injury kept it out the world cup warm-up little interplay

00:53:57 around the breakdown area from some of the georgian front rowers and look at will skeleton

00:54:04 just mugging possession away for australia that ball's been kicked deep no longer needs to watch

00:54:10 his on the chase but that's going to beat everybody so we'll come all the way back from where that

00:54:15 kick was taken and this is where carter gordon needs to have his peripherals he had three or

00:54:20 four players on his outside this is the second time will skeleton has just absolutely monstered

00:54:26 the ruck of georgia there's three players there and he just tells him you know what i'm just going

00:54:30 to go in here and grab it and use my strength he's listed at 135 kilograms but i reckon he's bigger

00:54:37 than that six foot eight i told you he's got a couple of brothers he's the smallest of the

00:54:43 three skeleton brothers by some margin there's for kitty thank you he's great player too

00:54:48 lullakai for kitty can't believe he's the smallest yeah he played for bayon as well

00:54:56 for kitty in france back in australia with the waratahs now okay no more movement you two

00:55:04 i'm happy with it how much will the grocery bill be at the skeleton house i have no idea

00:55:10 buying expensive i have a story on that soon i'll tell you

00:55:16 georgia have won a penalty at the scrum the replacement

00:55:28 becker gigashvili doing the business alongside mamukashvili up front well is he what this is

00:55:35 180 degree turn what scrums australia absolutely dominating that aspect for

00:55:43 43 minutes of this game and then the georgians

00:55:46 come out of nowhere this is a good start for them for the second half

00:55:50 well they needed it didn't they they just didn't look at their best

00:55:56 some way off it add to that australia

00:56:02 but here they are attacking line out for georgia

00:56:06 nine quality ball here they get it at the front

00:56:11 now they can play here's the captain shadow kudze powered on by the center

00:56:21 advantage they've got a penalty advantage as well advantage georgia

00:56:25 wants to get it out a heavy contact coming in from tania latupo you heard that up here in the

00:56:34 grandstand here's miniashvili well fielded by cotton bets he will go back to the decision

00:56:39 remember that down to 14 men here georgia

00:56:42 so no need to play fast they do look good on one of them

00:56:48 not scrumming after the last one they've got to go up and five or sevens not threes

00:56:52 line out time here we go this is the attitude this is what we want get their fans into it roots

00:57:03 crowd agree with you carl

00:57:06 oh yeah just not been able to roll away carter gordon that's the penalty given

00:57:12 and here we go line out time georgia 14 man if they score first so important this period

00:57:18 10 minutes before and after the half still four minutes left on the sim bin playing with 14 men

00:57:23 here it's been well taken by ivana shvili the number seven again but the power comes on from

00:57:28 australia they've got to reload here a bit georgia the hooker mamukashvili picks up his 100th cap

00:57:34 against scotland a couple of weeks ago at murray field they've got another penalty advantage georgia

00:57:38 just trying to squeeze the wallabies a bit here

00:57:44 lobs and adze to his loose head abu ladze

00:57:47 shatter kaze good feet from the veteran skipper still advantage georgia

00:57:56 mamukashvili once more change of direction now could open up long ball over the top it's a

00:58:06 beautiful pass and it's a brilliant try in the corner for luca ivanish billy

00:58:13 the lettuce have finally shown up at the stade de france well they wrapped around the corner

00:58:25 wrapped around the corner and finally they're able to set up their counterattacking play

00:58:29 did he get it down there yes he did five point up just before the half they were able to repel the

00:58:37 wallabies and go into halftime still in contact and now this try has really turned this game on

00:58:43 its head here luke it has and this is what the georgian team would have wanted to do from the

00:58:48 outset here they saw this game as a big opportunity because of the young squad that the wallabies are

00:58:53 they said during the week that without clay cooper without michael hooper those big names that were

00:58:57 left and omitted and left at home that they thought this was a chance they could do it

00:59:01 good start in the second half for them

00:59:03 so luca matzkarva who kicked the winner against wales when they beat them in cardiff just days

00:59:17 after his 20th birthday can get georgia into double figures here

00:59:22 hit it pretty well but just goes across the face geez this is a nice pass though from the

00:59:37 fullback nina nash philly just showing that yeah he's got some skills too right to left

00:59:43 oh look at the head coach that's what it means to live on my shash billy such a tricky

00:59:49 first half for them but with 14 they have hit back some thinking to do for the wallabies now perhaps

00:59:56 donaldson gets us restarted here's becker good carry from him

01:00:10 go steady will go steady okay use it please

01:00:14 corin betty difficult high ball that it was swirling and he did well the left winger coming

01:00:24 in off his sideline good quick hands from donaldson to no one needs to say he's got

01:00:28 jordan pataya with him there's the offload but it's gone forward luke pierce was right in line

01:00:34 where those passes were going to hand and we're backwards and doing that well so far

01:00:42 in the second half this is the right option just unfortunately execution

01:00:48 wasn't up to scratch and he knows it as well under pressure a little bit here the wallabies

01:00:52 a change coming for the wallabies as well angus bell leaving the field and blake shoop coming on

01:01:01 and the yellow card is back as well moderate bud's eight back onto the field the full compliment

01:01:06 for georgia as angus bell leaves the field so we're back to 15 on 15

01:01:11 another good shift from that man angus bell first choice loose head these days for australia

01:01:18 there's blake shop he's only played one test match before this game that was he came on as

01:01:25 a replacement against france in this stadium so i'll tell you what he likes to stand the france

01:01:29 this blake has a little look up at himself on the big screen before he hits his first scrum

01:01:36 what a time to get your left wing a bit what a bud's it after this nice turnover

01:01:41 looking to run to hear the setup the georgians

01:01:44 bird's eye view of this scrub

01:01:52 fine has improved for georgia in the second half so far they're looking for another steady platform here

01:01:57 yeah different gravy at the scrum for georgia in this second stanza

01:02:09 nunez villi to donaldson

01:02:12 nick white will take his time to his grumpy teammate hooper

01:02:34 like shop who gets done for going in at the side not the contribution he was wanting to make early

01:02:40 on this wallaby outfit have not had the best of starts to the second half they've dropped points

01:02:45 now they've made a couple of mistakes on the back of that and georgia are going to have another

01:02:48 opportunity deep in the 22 of the wallabies now here's where young team will get tested

01:02:53 when you talk about swings in momentum in test matches the atmosphere has changed in this stadium

01:03:03 choppy he's definitely come from the side got a shot to that penalty given away technicality

01:03:08 but the correct call changes now for georgia as well uh levin denzey has come off the field

01:03:17 and apresidze has come on for him and also changes at the front as well

01:03:22 maybe lard's a leaves the field and uh has come on

01:03:27 they don't lose anything there

01:03:39 plays for pay on here in france

01:03:42 in the old stage here mamuka shvili will throw the line out it's been one at the front again

01:03:51 that's their go-to keeping it simple and here they come again

01:03:55 the lelos that big white blanket

01:04:01 surging forward

01:04:04 oh was that will skeleton there just muscling his way through that whole

01:04:11 driving wall of georgia they had the way on number five is through the middle but the skip

01:04:18 again has just been the stopper he's down on the floor will skeleton getting a bit of attention

01:04:26 the shake of the hair from mamu cash villi says it all

01:04:32 there's a little conversation there between

01:04:38 the two opposing hookers pericchi and

01:04:44 cash villi i think pericchi might have thought there might have been something

01:04:48 untoward happening on the floor watch this is a nice setup here from georgia

01:04:53 and they had the way on this initial part was absolutely excellent but see will skeleton

01:04:58 they're working hard at the back of the shot and he just bides his time right there he swims through

01:05:03 uses his strength gets the second hand over and just muscles through

01:05:12 will skeleton the one-man band mall breaker

01:05:16 and we were talking about his grocery bill earlier his family's grocery bill he used to go

01:05:24 live in sydney and his whole family lived there they had big family dinners and he was carrying

01:05:27 a few kegs too much he moved over here to europe and it slimmed down a little bit and that's where

01:05:32 he stayed and now he's one of his captains so he obviously figured out that that was a good move

01:05:35 for him yeah it was saracens in london that got him fit won a couple of european titles with them

01:05:42 then headed to lara shell won a couple more that's australia after that good word from skeleton

01:06:03 there's a mexican wave goes around the set the france valentini

01:06:07 picks up off the base of that scrum bullet pass back to gordon from white

01:06:12 and that is an excellent clearance from carter gordon that

01:06:18 is how you exit yeah it was brilliant then nick white

01:06:21 getting amongst his players trying to get them up so yeah that's what we want man

01:06:28 one thing i've noticed though with carter gordon he stands very deep in the pocket

01:06:32 so it gives the georgian chasers a bit of time to challenge him

01:06:38 short at the line out it goes forward back into

01:06:45 australian hands that is a get back is marika thorne betsy

01:06:51 no back inside right back to gordon again

01:06:54 taking the mark is limiashvili

01:07:02 i'll tell you what these crowds so far at this rugby world cup what a night we had last night

01:07:13 with the opener brilliant game between france and new zealand the hoes got the win they wanted

01:07:18 they sold out the national stadium again australia against georgia first pool game

01:07:22 minishvili finds the sideline that'll go all the way over the hoarding so it'll have to be a line

01:07:35 out well the mix of waves just going past blue ransom how's that atmosphere down there luke

01:07:41 i was just going to say the same thing they got it going uh just before half time but it is really

01:07:45 picked up now everyone's involved and why not and also an injury update as well just on samu karebi

01:07:50 we saw him uh got off the field no actual injury they're just returning from injury so he's being

01:07:54 managed thanks luke forgetty running close into the forwards and here's hooper carrying it on for

01:08:04 australia this back row this whole forward back has been impressive tonight for the wallabies so

01:08:09 far another dink over the top from white no one needs a wasay on the chase modibadzic

01:08:14 takes it well don't touch him don't touch him and they go quickly here to georgia here's nini

01:08:21 asbili nini asbili well tackled by white's actually made us into the hands of the top

01:08:29 and four tony ella to bolt the scoop ball to ben donaldson and donaldson will run it around

01:08:37 for australia

01:08:43 his first start at 15 in a wallaby shirt no wonder he's clapping his hands or both fullbacks

01:08:52 we're going to be game changers first it was nina ashville making initial breakouts supporters

01:09:01 inside and out decided not to use them a 50 50 ball tony alla tupo with a beautiful pass and

01:09:08 then donaldson gets his first score for the wallabies congratulations

01:09:13 yes it was looking like it could have been a try at the other end what a tackle from nick white here

01:09:23 there you go that was brilliant you can see he looked too late he made the

01:09:29 rash decision to give this 50 50 ball he knew he'd blown it that's why he threw it

01:09:34 and then tony alla tupo couldn't believe it i thought he's gonna go all the way big boy

01:09:39 could not believe his luck but the lovely scoop offload as ben donaldson scores his first test

01:09:46 try for australia he won't forget this parisian afternoon in a hurry yeah well so many eyebrows

01:09:55 were raised weren't they when andrew kellaway wasn't even selected in this matchday squad but

01:09:59 ben donaldson like getting ready to kick now again of course one of the reasons main reasons why he's

01:10:03 brought into that full back position and uh looking there quite nicely yeah shot clock against

01:10:08 him there but from that kind of range no problem at all australian coaching staff looking pretty

01:10:15 relaxed and why not 28 eights they lead georgia what a time to make your debut and then drop 18

01:10:24 points so far in this game for ben donaldson just proving why you've got the 15 jersey and

01:10:30 the confidence of his coach eddie jones yeah from the roundwood club in sydney of course that is eddie

01:10:36 jones's old club as well selected here ahead of quake cooper and this world cup is fly half full

01:10:45 back i will be seeing him in the 15 shirt a little more at this tournament use it please

01:10:58 nick white who's just been so composed since coming on

01:11:02 went off with their head injury

01:11:07 mccarver just trying to get away from australian defenders

01:11:13 much better second half this though more competitive georgia

01:11:18 chancing their arm a bit more yet they can see the tribe but you get the feeling they're not

01:11:23 going to leave anything out there now here's nini ash village just juggling the ball not a

01:11:27 buzzer can't hold onto it either that's gone forward no advantage knockoff yeah just a little

01:11:35 bit rusty i think nina ash really taking a little bit too much on his shoulders trying to do

01:11:40 everything himself rather than sitting up players outside and then picking his times to go

01:11:47 wider context as well kt bonus points as we see the change

01:11:51 for matt fesler coming on for dave parecki he's played very well

01:11:58 in this test match fesler on for his third test only

01:12:02 another change as well for the wallabies drop the tires off and sulyasi gunvalu is now on the field

01:12:16 change for georgia as well

01:12:17 yeah look out for the guy for the wallabies and juicy number 23 watching him

01:12:34 go up and play his age great rugby in new zealand and st kitticats college

01:12:39 in auckland a very star career in rugby but man he is an athlete you can see him there on the right

01:12:46 a shot by the touchline there vunivali yes he got drafted into the blues academy after

01:12:52 leaving st kennican college but then the melbourne storm came with the checkbook

01:12:55 as they do a couple of years later in rugby league he's won two premierships

01:13:00 he can still find his feet to a degree in rugby but he's an absolute superstar

01:13:08 he gets an opportunity man oh man you watch him go

01:13:12 that australian engine room still out there arnold and skeleton

01:13:17 crouch it's a bit of talk about richie arnold younger brother

01:13:23 by brother of rory's played over 30 test matches for australia he's fairly green

01:13:29 one of the guilds on this level but he's been impressive today that will please any chance as

01:13:36 well he's white he's got forgetty with him cuts him out to gordon he's the one that meets a wassy

01:13:43 looking for his second try inside ball still alive anyone's no hands on side please but georgia habit

01:13:51 right in front of their own trial line they've got to find an exit here

01:13:55 gotta keep the ball over that line because if it goes over it on the floor australia can just touch

01:14:02 it down up but it's there with his left foot kick

01:14:07 nice soccer skill there from ben donaldson there's one of other with his first touch

01:14:15 good counteract there from georgia balls loose fraser mcwright does well

01:14:27 along i need to was it brings it down for australia here's skeleton another kick from

01:14:36 nick white he wanted someone running onto that

01:14:38 one of the bugs they'll shadow it over the sideline bingo quickly with the line outs

01:14:43 mini ash billy still live

01:14:48 and they can all have a breather

01:14:56 we will have a water break in fact mandatory water breaks in these

01:14:59 world cup openers this weekend ball was in play for quite a long time they'll be grateful for this

01:15:06 again australia showing their maturity proceeding that first try in this

01:15:21 second half carl tonana but shrugging that disappointment off coming back getting the

01:15:27 game back together they're going to make another change romeo to out onto the field yeah when you

01:15:31 got a guy such as nick white has come onto the field and really take control and driven this

01:15:37 wallabies outfit around the park taking that responsibility off card and gordon

01:15:41 who can just sort of sit in the pocket and pick his times to inject himself it's been a real feature

01:15:46 i think this is wallabies performance

01:15:49 a couple of changes coming up for both sides as well after this water break you've got kevin

01:15:56 coming on for an international so that's the change at full bank for georgia and also for

01:16:02 the wallabies rob leota he's just run onto the field so he'll be taking up his position as well

01:16:09 to take his position in the second row rob leota

01:16:11 you see his genuine option in that area not blessed with a lot of experience

01:16:19 those skeletons

01:16:22 philip as well

01:16:38 feels like something of an inspired choice in that man will skeleton

01:16:42 you spoke about his credentials as being a winner and i think that's the type of guy that you want

01:16:49 leading the troops hooper unconsciously brings down the lineup gordon with the dummy and charges

01:16:59 tackle mcbride helping him out there is valentini

01:17:04 skeleton again look at the skipper go leading from the front

01:17:11 cut out ball over the top to bune valut he's put on the deck by the new man kev is lads

01:17:21 it's on the other two posts still going at it as well and the skeleton again with another carry

01:17:27 almost up to double figures in that department the australian captain

01:17:33 hooper double tackle on him even a triple maybe good if i look he's going for work

01:17:45 that's actually corin betty my apologies is another surge forward white flicks it up off the deck to

01:17:53 leota georgia looking for the turnover they don't win it to pull again

01:17:59 desperately looking for a jackal here georgia under pressure australia looking

01:18:05 for the bonus point try the cross kick in the direction of suley bune valu

01:18:11 but even a man of his athleticism and skill couldn't quite bring that one down

01:18:16 or skeleton after a number of phases hitting that ball up again just getting that go forward

01:18:30 it's a real feature isn't it that kick pass option well this used to be meat and drink for

01:18:37 bonavale when he was playing rugby league for the melbourne storm he just picked up buckets

01:18:42 he tries 23 in a season he scored plenty of them from cross kicks just like that they see it as a

01:18:49 real impact threat for this wallaby side we're running repairs here for noda sheshish villi

01:18:55 and confirmation that it was richie arnold who came off for the wallabies that's who rob leota

01:19:02 uh replaced no surprise because he was getting a few running repairs in the last few minutes he

01:19:06 was on as well i suppose a good thing for coach eddie jones for the wallabies now you're 28

01:19:13 eight up with 17 minutes to go by no means is it definitely in the bag but it does give you

01:19:17 options to roll through your squad and get them into this tournament nice and early in some game

01:19:20 time minutes but in a pool that could be one that goes right down to the final round bonus

01:19:25 points so important they'll be desperate now to get their fourth try australia

01:19:29 japan back in 2015 won three pool games missed out on the quarterfinals

01:19:40 can happen in a pool such as this where it is so competitive remember wales fiji

01:19:50 these two teams portugal involved with that as well so

01:19:53 it's going to be interesting to see how this is all plays out

01:19:58 very good current bet he's all wrapped up ready to go again

01:20:05 that was a brave lineup throw from georgia becca good god's that alert to it

01:20:18 lamar saez rings around the stat de france

01:20:22 australia against georgia here let's that one go out for the australian throw to the line outs

01:20:30 so 63 minutes in three tries to 128 eight australia looking for a fourth try here matt

01:20:40 fesler highly rated but very inexperienced replacement hooker and there's good value

01:20:46 hunting for work once more they're going to make the most of him out there

01:20:49 tom hooper both hands up a target for nick white

01:20:55 corin better

01:20:58 change of direction for australia

01:21:03 getting out of the way was shot for fraser mcwright nice little interplay here but it's

01:21:14 been really well read by the georgian defense georgie kevins lads

01:21:20 good read from upper dead set when he jams in on the defender was

01:21:30 rangani towasi who he targeted was the right call great timing got the turnover as well good relief

01:21:41 that's a field position for georgia we've seen what they can do with an attacking lineup

01:21:45 here's a read on the outside he's out numbered two to one makes a beautiful shot totally legal

01:21:51 gets around the ball causes the knock on and because of that nagini towasi

01:21:55 drops their ball and that's the offside well done

01:22:06 something as they with the throw and they do bring it down well gorgadza

01:22:10 no look pass but it can't be held on by kevins lads day he might have been over the line if he'd

01:22:19 hold on to that pass number eight is on the floor it was a good move from georgia

01:22:26 they had players in motion around the back so australia were drifting off hit the ball at speed

01:22:35 in the hole was a beautiful line it covers lads that oh missed opportunity that time

01:22:42 look at this upshot straight outside all the hole was there just got a little bit

01:22:50 on the ball i'm not sure who the defender was

01:22:52 is that for kitty just gets his hands out unfortunate

01:23:01 that was a nice ball from his captain met up shadow kudzik

01:23:04 opportunity missed there for georgia they turned over the line out though but it's

01:23:10 gone over the sideline straight off it all shapes and sizes this game's built for

01:23:16 another line out and it's been won by georgia

01:23:26 28 8 65 minutes and a bit of change gone but how about the tackle from god and betsy

01:23:31 i'll tell you these australian wingers have been hunting work and they're going to get a penalty

01:23:36 out of that the georgia back-to-back turnovers that line out time just a couple of yips there

01:23:42 that set piece for the wannabes

01:23:52 a bit of claret

01:23:53 down the side of the head of uh

01:23:59 this is the moment i think rupert you've been speaking about

01:24:05 and now what's coming is going to be a rolling more of the fours are getting together in conference

01:24:09 here's the shot from the left-hand winger good leg drive called for

01:24:14 here's the penalty given away

01:24:21 this is what the coach will be looking for eddie jones composure in these situations

01:24:24 near the fourth try to get five points

01:24:26 a change for georgia sorry go ahead i was going to say another change for georgia

01:24:33 coming on uh is on uh number six from the georgian side they're going there

01:24:47 thank you three steals in a row at line out time for georgia so a bit of work to do here

01:24:53 for matt fesler just perhaps not getting the combinations right at the moment so we'll have

01:24:58 another opportunity here finds his mark this time rob leota and here's the driving line out

01:25:08 fraser mcwright almost there they're hunting the bonus point score australia

01:25:14 they pick and go inside the line they're oh so close

01:25:17 tanya latulpo turns up dishes it off advantage is coming their way if they don't score here

01:25:24 vunivalu wants a piece of the action

01:25:26 that ball is inches from the line and vunivalu can't get there either

01:25:35 the line again georgia valentini now still advantage australia valentini

01:25:43 last ditch defense here from the georgians they're going to use the backs australia

01:25:48 carter gordon cut out balter donaldson and he's got a double

01:25:53 the bonus point try for australia that should seal the deal

01:26:06 and what a day out for ben donaldson and what a day out for these young bucks

01:26:12 from australia carter gordon with a beautiful pass his initial line out when they set it up

01:26:20 so quickly fraser mcwright breaks away sets it up brilliantly they went and they went and they

01:26:26 went to the wallabies but then finally they went out the back door look at that right to left pass

01:26:32 two players right into the hole was ben donaldson and that's how you get the job done

01:26:37 inspired selection from eddie jones ben donaldson

01:26:47 two tries his first two test tries

01:26:52 and he'll have a chance to add an extra extra couple of points as well

01:27:01 talked about inspired selections from eddie jones every time he comes up under the big screen here i

01:27:06 think there are a few england fans sitting in this stadium so he's not getting the best reception

01:27:11 no matter what this australian performance

01:27:18 there you go another couple of points for the australian fullback it's donaldson's day

01:27:28 patnistand to france

01:27:29 great to see tate mcdermott there just sideline with his friends with a small

01:27:39 couldn't go after an hia head knock hopefully he's a-okay moving forward

01:27:54 restart from georgia nice ball to vunavalu from gordon

01:27:59 sully vunavalu another good tackle there from upper is a smaller man powering the contact

01:28:07 mick white's back in back play on the floor holding his left hand here he is on the floor

01:28:14 that's a concern with mcdermott already gone gone off with a head injury for australia here

01:28:18 come georgia on the attack 35 8 down 10 minutes to go up at idze arrives

01:28:25 off the deck to lasha gianni australia playing with 14 in the defensive line here

01:28:33 balls loose went backwards as the referee knock on still alive knock on from australia

01:28:41 nick white's really hurting on that left wrist i'm not sure he can make a tackle here he'll be

01:28:48 pleased about the whistle and he down on his haunches again i don't know if it's his left

01:28:53 wrist or shoulder he's definitely carrying it doesn't look good too rare shoulder it is it

01:28:58 looks that way normally a stinger would have gone by now hopefully it's nothing structural

01:29:08 come georgia

01:29:12 here we go they're just doing the strength test

01:29:14 oh he's a tough tough man please improve your timing on the tackle on their number 20 oh that's

01:29:22 late that's that's late scream about something if it hasn't happened okay you're screwing

01:29:28 and you get caught just a little bit off guard those things happen and oh sorry man time please

01:29:36 please

01:29:38 yeah changes for the wallabies you see there will skeleton the wallabies captain on the bench

01:29:42 lunging leeson replaced him and also change for the georgian side the number 22 is on for mac carver

01:29:49 what a performance and will skeleton as well

01:29:55 as the coach empties the bench

01:30:02 some injury problems nick white some of them to the shoulder areas they will be concerned about

01:30:12 that but he's staying out there just having a chat there he is on the far side to the officials i

01:30:18 think he might have felt decision might have gone their way there kt okay yeah and fair enough too

01:30:26 i mean he's been around for a long time he deserves that too with the holding in the game

01:30:30 of the years so but he's one of those types of guys doesn't mind talking as well

01:30:35 was there ever a scrum half that didn't like it there was i've never seen him

01:30:42 the real irritant nick white and i mean that is a compliment

01:30:53 well the australians here won't want to drop any more points that'll be the goal

01:30:57 correct i'm sure to try and keep them on here in the last eight and a bit minutes

01:31:04 georgia looking for some points here down the stretch modern bad say

01:31:15 he's got the demon try scorer with him who drops the ball on the line

01:31:22 akaki tabu suds the head coach can't believe it

01:31:26 this was nangani towasi coming across watch this one on one tackle

01:31:31 oh yeah beauty nothing wrong with that good work lads that's a try stopper

01:31:36 well you would bet the house on tabu suds scoring from that close to the line what a tackle

01:31:46 well could have been to just bite sixes voodoo volleys and go wide go wide

01:31:50 he beats donaldson but look at that you're right put your money on gold rupert

01:31:55 well perhaps should have dived in he didn't count

01:32:00 on the one that's nita wasi you can see the frustration joe worsley alongside

01:32:09 ravan maishis village furious at that missed opportunity

01:32:15 as a coach that's what you want to see from your men 73 minutes and nangani towasi

01:32:21 has been heavily involved for a minute one showing effort like that

01:32:25 and nick white speaking of efforts shrugging off the knock in

01:32:35 no lani gleason in the red scrum cap picking the ball off the back of the scrum

01:32:42 and that's another excellent kick from carter gordon he's been almost on his own dead ball

01:32:50 line there right up to the halfway line that's a 60 meter effort yeah that's a tough place to

01:32:58 exit from too when you've got a scrum on your left hand side you know you're gonna have to

01:33:02 have a hit up somewhere it was by the number eight and they were offside so they couldn't

01:33:05 put pressure on the kicker and he does well there carter gordon seven is nine here

01:33:11 option australia well this is the way you want to close out the game they had a little period

01:33:26 there where they lost their weight and george up were playing very very well they got their score

01:33:30 with the wallabies been very professional in closing this game out in the second half look

01:33:35 at that there right down the georgian line we've got a few unforced errors in this game from georgia

01:33:43 and we've got some work to do

01:33:57 has been just limping slightly looks gingerly fine

01:34:02 extraordinary

01:34:19 katie white

01:34:21 full of running oh and how about that power as well

01:34:31 saving tries his 12th carry for 100 meters mark

01:34:46 so much good feeling out of this one for australia

01:34:49 saying that zane nongor has just lost the handle yeah these are the little moments that

01:34:54 gotta still be able to execute under pressure even though there's a lot of high numbers onto the field

01:35:00 it can be excused a little bit from getting up to game speed

01:35:05 however a week off after this one as we have a look at no one needs to us see down the sideline and

01:35:16 then they'll head to toulouse to take on portugal

01:35:18 and of course let's not forget the game in this group tomorrow down in bordeaux wales against

01:35:28 fiji should be an absolute belter of course fiji coming in by the first ever test win against

01:35:36 england at twickenham son he's not bullied by naka that's all i can say about that there rupert

01:35:42 history good history in france at world cups as well beat wales in 2007 didn't they anyway back to

01:35:48 business here

01:35:48 what about zane exactly coming in from yeah

01:35:56 cohen betsy i think it was still working out there he's got scrum cap on now yes got the

01:36:07 head around the tape around the head let's go that's putting his body on the line he's done

01:36:11 a lot of running yards as well thousand meters plus for australia

01:36:20 i don't find leota at the line out though

01:36:29 something that's it but he needs to be careful ball went between his legs

01:36:37 they call it a nutmeg in football

01:36:38 good quick hands though trying to find some space out on the flanks we'll get away from

01:36:46 corin betsy is here come georgia it's that man trying to make up for the missed opportunity

01:36:56 before and he just can't find the support runner oh they've created a number of opportunities

01:37:03 out wide have georgia when they play they go good they've got so much speed there's some good

01:37:07 footwork involved as well strong fend players on inside see they've got support they just

01:37:14 need to be able to manipulate it rather taking it into contact

01:37:29 another big kick from him he's kicking from hand today he's had a lot of distance on it 22 offside

01:37:34 the penalty here because malachi for kessy didn't retreat after that kick from gordon

01:37:41 georgia can't blame them they want to go quickly

01:37:42 we're miles away guys we've just heard on the pa system around the ground it's georgia

01:37:51 final play here that we can announce our master card man of the match

01:37:58 yeah ben donaldson you have to give it to the man debuting at 15 his fourth test first time in the

01:38:05 jersey at the back for the wallabies 25 points but so solid so effective two tries

01:38:26 so here come georgia looking to finish with a flourish here and it's the captain

01:38:31 shara kardzai who's looking to do it for them they pick and go once more they hit they spin

01:38:36 they twist and they score that'll put a smile on faces it's becca gigashvili

01:38:46 the tulal tight head who gives them something to hang their hat on in this one

01:38:55 fantastic line out here they've actually owned that in the second stanza have georgia

01:39:02 they loop around and just watch the power of the replacement becca gigashvili and the 76 000 here

01:39:09 it's tied to france applaud that one oh yeah he enjoyed that to becca gigashvili ex-army

01:39:24 time on he only started playing rugby at the age of 20 when one of his army buddies told him to

01:39:29 give it a go paid off was in a world cup score and tries against the wallabies for sure it's paid off

01:39:37 it won't change the result but given the game has already gone it's just what they needed

01:39:44 as the clock ticks past 80 minutes this will be the final play unless we have a penalty

01:39:53 35 15

01:39:55 four tries to two and the 25 points including two of the tries to ben donaldson an impressive

01:40:09 wallaby performance george you're going to keep playing here deep in their own 22 and here's

01:40:14 double sunset he'll be cursing himself later having missed that try scoring chance

01:40:23 but they'll go again against portugal in toulouse on the 23rd of september no hands 21 in bordeaux

01:40:31 and wales and not to close out their pool play australia have it back here's carter gordon

01:40:36 they're hunting a fifth try here gordon off close to donaldson on a hat trick can't take the pass

01:40:44 and that'll do it

01:40:47 it has been donaldson's day here at the national stadium in paris

01:40:57 australia under lots and lots of pressure coming in to this pool c opener against the georgian side

01:41:07 that are the big improvers in world rugby but the wallabies have well and truly shown up

01:41:14 with the try bonus point they have beaten georgia by 35 points to 15.

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