Overview
- Georgia scored six tries through Shalva Aptsiauri (3), Demur Tapladze, Giorgi Kveseladze and Tornike Jalagonia, with Tedo Abzhandadze adding four conversions.
- Canada’s points came from tries by Brock Gallagher and Sion Parry plus a Peter Nelson penalty and two conversions.
- Referee Paul Williams showed three yellow cards to Georgia and one to Canada, with the hosts reduced to 13 players late on.
- Georgia’s Dato Abdushelishvili left on a stretcher and Ilia Spanderashvili exited early, while Canada lost scrum-half Jason Higgins for the second half.
- The game was played at Batumi’s 20,035-capacity Adjarabet Arena, and next up are Georgia vs Japan in Tbilisi and Canada vs Portugal in Coimbra.