Summary

  • Ireland beat Georgia 23-10 in Autumn Nations Cup at Aviva Stadium in Dublin

  • Ireland finish second in Pool A to set up third-place play-off match with Scotland

  • Ireland's Billy Burns and Hugo Keenan run in first-half tries

  • Stuart McCloskey has try ruled out for forward pass

  • Giorgi Kveseladze brilliant solo try for Georgia

  • Georgia limit Ireland to one penalty kick in scrappy second half

Live Reporting

Mike Henson

  1. Replacement

    Ireland 23-10 Georgia

    Chris Farrell is tackled by Tornike JalagoniaInpho

    Chris Farrell is tackled by Tornike Jalagonia

    Ireland with the scrum on the Georgia 22m line. Ireland bring on some ballast in the back five with Peter O'Mahony and Quinn Roux replacing Tadhg Beirne and James Ryan.

  2. Ireland 23-10 Georgia

    Tony Ward
    Former Ireland fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster

    This is a big call for James Ryan going for the posts.

    Georgia are back in this game. The ball game is very much still on and Ireland need to stretch.

  3. Penalty - Ireland 23-10 Georgia

    Ross Byrne

    Georgia infringe. I think it might have been the tackled man rolling the ball away from the tackle a little too obviously.

    Ross Byrne likes the look of it. A hefty slice of angle and plenty of distance to cover.

    But he makes it.

  4. Replacements

    Ireland 20-10 Georgia

    Here comes the cavalry.

    Cian Healy is on for Finlay Bealham in the front row. Kieran Marmion is on in place of scrum-half Conor Murray at nine.

  5. Ireland 20-10 Georgia

    Georgia whoop and holler like an American Ryder Cup crowd as they earn another scrum penalty. Their front five have come to the set-piece party in a big way today.

  6. Ireland 20-10 Georgia

    A ball against the head for Ireland as the Georgia pack cough up the pill at scrum time. Ross Byrne tightens the thumbscrews with a dead-eyed grubber into the corner.

    A nasty little spot for the visitors to get out of here.

  7. Ireland 20-10 Georgia

    Another big defensive effort for Georgia.

    A royal rumble of a tackle as Akaki Tabutsadze, Giorgi Kveseladze and Merab Sharikadze team up to smother Chris Farrell and keep the Ireland centre off the deck.

    Scrum Georgia on halfway.

  8. 'Georgia are worrying Ireland'

    Ireland 20-10 Georgia

    Tony Ward
    Former Ireland fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster

    Georgia are working off scraps but they're giving it a real go. It is not flowing as smoothly as they would like but they are worrying Ireland.

  9. Penalty - Ireland 20-10 Georgia

    Tedo Abzhandadze

    It is a hefty distance. Think five wood rather than seven iron. But Tedo Abzhandadze make it with a bit to spare.

    A lovely bit of slipper.

  10. Ireland 20-7 Ireland

    Georgia's turn to dish out the back slaps and bear hugs.

    A huge turnover in midfield by openside flanker Tornike Jalagonia has he limpets over the tackled Chris Farrell and survives the clear-out.

    Farrell is hanging onto the ball and the referee has a no-brainer of a penalty to award the visitors' way.

  11. Ireland 20-7 Ireland

    John Ryan gets a slap on the head from Conor Murray as the Ireland front row force a penalty out of their Georgia counterparts.

  12. Byrne replaces Burns at fly-half

    Ireland 20-7 Ireland

    Georgia are getting a bit of go-forward.

    Beka Gorgadze pumps the legs as he comes off the back of a driven maul, but Iain Henderson tight to him and prevents the number eight getting to ground.

    Turnover. Green put-in to the scrum.

    Billy Burns has taken a bit of knock. Ross Byrne is going to get a run at 10 for Ireland,

  13. Kick-off

    Ireland 20-7 Ireland

    We are back under way at the Aviva. There has been a change in the Ireland front row. John Ryan is off the bench and into the fray...

  14. 'The water belongs to me'

    HT: Ireland 20-7 Georgia

    Johnny Sexton as water-boy for IrelandBBC Sport

    Johnny Sexton as water-boy for Ireland

    Bane went for a lower-key stadium entrance in the new Batman,

  15. 'Burns having a solid game'

    HT: Ireland 20-7 Georgia

    Chris Henry
    Former Ireland flanker on BBC Radio Ulster

    International rugby is not phasing Billy Burns. He has had a really solid 40 minutes.

    Billy is able to make decisions when Ireland are moving forward.

  16. 'Hugely positive from Burns'

    HT: Ireland 20-7 Georgia

    Ian McKinley
    Former Italy fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster

    Ireland are chipping away and putting the Georgians under pressure.

    Billy Burns hasn't looked to fling things around. He is choosing the right times to crash it up, pull it wider or kick it behind. That has been hugely positive.

  17. Match stats

    HT: Ireland 20-7 Georgia

    Ireland-Georgia

    Possession: 67%-33%

    Territory: 61%-39%

    Metres carried: 379-134

    Line breaks: 4-1

    Tackles made/attempted: 35/40-94/102

    Turnovers won: 2-0

  18. 'Georgia are giving it a good go'

    HT: Ireland 20-7 Georgia

    Tony Ward
    Former Ireland fly-half on BBC Radio Ulster

    Ireland have conceded a try but what a try. Yes the defence was found wanting but it was a classic old-style rugby try.

    I think a 13-point difference is about right for the way this game has gone. Credit to Georgia - they are giving it a good go.

  19. Half-time

    Ireland 20-7 Georgia

    Well, that was entertaining.

    Autumn Nations Cup half-time scoreBBC Sport

    Autumn Nations Cup half-time score

  20. No try

    Ireland 20-7 Georgia

    Scatch that.

    The referee rules that the ball has gone forward in the pass from Stockdale.

    It looks like the ball came out of the Ireland full-back's hands backwards though and it was his forward momentum that dragged it forward though for me.

    The fact that the halfway line was there for reference and the ball travelled so far didn't help Ireland.

    This video from World Rugby might explain more if the above sounds like gobbledy-gook. It's all about relative velocity.