Georgia pick up second win at World Cup

“It was pretty surreal”, he said.

“It wasn’t our finest game but we are very happy to have qualified straight for the next World Cup”.

“I don’t meant to be trite about this, it was a bit like Sir Edmund (Hilary) knocking off Everest, we’d finally done it, so that was quite neat”, Haig said after the match at Exeter’s Sandy Park. It’s not over yet, but we’ve done our part and we’ll celebrate accordingly. “We’ll be watching with avid interest, but we’d be pretty bloody disappointed if Tonga turned it around and knocked over the All Blacks”.

But Gorgodze crossed for a try early in the second-half to settle nerves, with Lasha Malaguradze also going over, Merab Kvirikashvili kicking two conversions and a penalty.Kotze ensured a tight finish with a third penalty and his own converted try with five minutes to play.

There was further disappointment for Georgia when Sharikadze’s try-giving pass was harshly deemed to have gone forward with the line beckoning.

In a huge blow for Namibia, their captain and Saracens’ star Jacques Burger was forced to leave the field after ten minutes due to a head injury picked up in a typically ferocious tackle.

After his man of the match performance against the All Blacks Mamuka Gorgodze continued his good form at the RWC scoring his side’s first try.

Georgia resumed where they left off and pummelled Namibia up front before Gorgodze crashed over from close range.

Haig wants Georgia to grasp their promotion to automatic qualifiers and hopes for regular competition with leading nations.

“Whether that’s us touring there or whether that’s getting teams over to Tbilisi, I’m not sure, but certainly if we don’t take this opportunity with both hands, we’re mugs really”.

The South Africans have selected a nearly full-strength lineup to play the winless Americans – they aren’t taking any chances after being upended by Japan in the first weekend of the tournament, a shocking loss that ranks as the biggest upset ever at the World Cup.

Namibian coach Phil Davies has made seven changes from the XV that took on Tonga, naming a side that boasts an impressive 398 Test caps.

Hansen says of McCaw “it’s just really sore when he stretches out at top-medium pace, so it’s just not worth risking it”. I thought they were magnificent. It was tough at times.

Bothma received Namibia’s third yellow card for tackling Malaguradze round the neck in the build-up and Kvirikashvili converted.

“So proud of the players”.

Randstad Wellington general manager Blair Cashin said that suggested employers and employees needed to strike a balance between work and personal time and recognise workers’ efforts to prevent employee resentment, especially during the Rugby World Cup.

We await the result of Ireland’s clash with France with interest.