Summary

  • Wales eventually run out comfortable winners against Georgia at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes

  • Bonus point win secures top spot in Pool C for Wales after four wins from four games

  • Gareth Anscombe injured in warm-up so Sam Costelow starts at fly-half for Wales

  • Tomas Francis scores the first try of the game after 16 minutes before Liam Williams adds second soon after

  • Merab Sharikadze shrugs off George North's tackle to score Georgia's first try of the game

  • Wales start second half with breakaway Louis Rees-Zammit try before losing all momentum

  • Vano Karkadze crosses to keep Georgia in touch before Davit Niniashvili reduces Wales' lead to five points

  • Second Rees-Zammit try seals try bonus point which ensures Wales finish top of Pool C before the wing scores hit hat-trick

  • George North gets his first try of the game in the final minute as Wales finish strongly in Nantes

  1. Warning to Walespublished at 61 mins

    Wales 24-14 Georgia

    Gareth Griffiths
    BBC Sport Wales at Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

    Wales seems to be thinking about next weekend's quarter-final.

    They just have to be careful here because all their momentum has gone and Georgia are on top.

  2. try

    Converted try: Wales 24-12 Georgiapublished at 59 mins

    Vano Karkadze, con Luka Matkava

    Wales don't compete the lineout but they can't stop those wrecking-ball forwards from bashing they're way over the line.

    This is more like the Georgia we were expecting to see at the World Cup.

    Vano Karkadze tryImage source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 58 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    James Hook
    Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales

    Georgia are making a few more yards with their ball carries, Wales need to settle down a little bit play in the Georgian half, I think it's pretty much been all Georgia this second half.

  4. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    You're right Nicky. Wales are grateful for that early gift of a score for Rees-Zammit because they have been off the pace since.

  5. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Nicky Robinson
    Former Wales and Cardiff fly-half on BBC Radio Cymru

    I'd expect Taulupe Faletau to come off soon.

    We asked for intensity in this second half but we lost it in the final ten minutes of the first half and we haven't got it back.

  6. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Tommy Reffell has been so busy today. He's already made 14 tackles, more than any other player.

  7. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    It has Josh... and they're coming back again.

    Wing Akaki Tabutsadze is stepping past players with ease.

    Wales need to wake up from their slumber.

  8. Postpublished at 53 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Josh Navidi
    Former Wales and British and Irish Lions back row on Scrum V

    The second half has been all Georgia.

  9. No try: Georgiapublished at 53 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Nope, his feet were out. Good defence by Dyer... but a warning to Wales.

  10. Try review: Georgiapublished at 52 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Rio Dyer tackles Akaki Tabutsadze in the corner but were his feet in touch?

    It's gone the TMO.

    Akaki Tabutsadze's ruled out tryImage source, Getty Images
  11. Replacements: Walespublished at 52 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Warren Gatland changes his entire front-row.

    Nick Smith, Elliott Dee and Henry Thomas all on for half an hour.

  12. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Gareth Griffiths
    BBC Sport Wales at Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

    Bit of a lull here in Nantes.

    It has been stop-start since the try of Louis Rees-Zammit. You sense Wales are going to make some changes soon.

  13. Postpublished at 51 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Somehow Georgia got a penalty from that scrum and kick to the corner.

    Honestly, not sure how referees can tell who has done what inside these scrums. It's another world!

  14. Postpublished at 51 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Nicky Robinson
    Former Wales and Cardiff fly-half on BBC Radio Cymru

    Mathieu Raynal has to sort the scrums out, a number of them have gone round or down and the game is losing its intensity.

  15. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Just to clarify, Wales need just one more try to secure the point they require to top the pool. Even if they then lose today, which looks unlikely... but you never know!

  16. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Josh Navidi
    Former Wales and British and Irish Lions back row on Scrum V

    Wales don't want this stop-start rugby with Georgia who thrive off of that.

  17. Replacements: Georgiapublished at 48 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Vladimer Chachanidze on at lock as well as tight-head Irakli Aptsiauri aanf they're straight into a scrum mid-way into the Welsh half.

  18. Postpublished at 48 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Nicky Robinson
    Former Wales and Cardiff fly-half on BBC Radio Cymru

    I really want to see Wales show what they can do in attack over the next 33 minutes.

    Of course the work will be needed to do defensively but I want to see Wales score three or four tries and go into next week with confidence in their attack.

  19. Postpublished at 47 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    Here's what Wales co-captain Jac Morgan had to say at the break on S4C: "It's a shame for Gareth Anscombe, he played well against Australia so it's gutting to see him go off before the game as we'd like to see him out there.

    "We've played well and controlled the game, there are a lot of the areas of the game we've played well just a bit of indiscipline in the final 10 minutes have let Georgia back into the game.

    "I think at the end of the half Georgia looked a bit tired and we could have picked the tempo up a bit and that's something we need to do in the second half.

    "Tommy Refell has been brilliant, he's turned the ball over about three-four times and helped us attack in the right areas of the pitch."

  20. Postpublished at 45 mins

    Wales 24-7 Georgia

    James Hook
    Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales

    You're not catching Louis Rees-Zammit - one of the simplest finishes he will ever have.