Georgia 23 - 25 Japan

Full time

22 Nov 2025

Stage: Regular Season Round 1

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium

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In a thrilling encounter at Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Japan narrowly defeated Georgia 25-23. Seungsin Lee was pivotal for Japan, contributing 20 points through four penalties and a conversion after Dylan Riley's early try. Georgia's Tedo Abzhandadze also had a strong showing, scoring a try and converting two attempts. The match saw Georgia's Irakli Aptsiauri receive a yellow card in the first half, which hampered their momentum. Despite the setback, Georgia rallied with tries from Demur Tapladze and Tornike Kakhoidze. In the closing moments, Lee's final penalty sealed the victory for Japan. Both teams demonstrated resilience and skill, making for a captivating match.

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
4'

Penalty

Tedo Abzhandadze · Georgia

3 - 0
7'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Japan

3 - 3
9'

Try

Dylan Riley · Japan

3 - 8
10'

Conversion

Seungsin Lee · Japan

3 - 10
18'

Yellow Card

Irakli Aptsiauri · Georgia
25'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Japan

3 - 13
26'

Substitution

Shinya Komura on for Sam Greene · Japan
28'

Penalty

Tedo Abzhandadze · Georgia

6 - 13
28'

Substitution

Giorgi Mamaiashvili on for Giorgi Akhaladze · Georgia
28'

Yellow Card Complete

Irakli Aptsiauri · Georgia
31'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Japan

6 - 16
40'

Substitution

Yuki Ikeda on for Charlie Lawrence · Japan
Halftime 6 - 16
Second Half
42'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Japan

6 - 19
44'

Penalty

Tedo Abzhandadze · Georgia

9 - 19
48'

Substitution

Harry Hockings on for Epineri Uluiviti · Japan
50'

Substitution

Giorgi Javakhia on for Lado Chachanidze · Georgia
55'

Substitution

Gela Aprasidze on for Vasil Lobzhanidze · Georgia
59'

Substitution

Keijiro Tamefusa on for Shuhei Takeuchi · Japan
60'

Substitution

Luka Ivanishvili on for Tornike Jalagonia · Georgia
65'

Substitution

Nika Sutidze on for Irakli Kvatadze · Georgia
66'

Substitution

Sandro Mamamtavrishvili on for Beka Gorgadze · Georgia
67'

Try

Demur Tapladze · Georgia

14 - 19
69'

Conversion

Tedo Abzhandadze · Georgia

16 - 19
72'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Japan

16 - 22
76'

Try

Tornike Kakhoidze · Georgia

21 - 22
77'

Conversion

Tedo Abzhandadze · Georgia

23 - 22
77'

Substitution

Kenta Fukuda on for Naoto Saito · Japan
79'

Substitution

Luka Matkava on for Tedo Abzhandadze · Georgia
80'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Japan

23 - 25
Fulltime 23 - 25

Player ratings

Georgia

15 Davit Niniashvili 7.1
14 Akaki Tabutsadze 5.8
13 Giorgi Kveseladze 6.1
12 Tornike Kakhoidze 7.5
11 Demur Tapladze 6.5
10 Tedo Abzhandadze 6.7
9 Vasil Lobzhanidze 5.7
1 Giorgi Akhaladze 6.1
2 Irakli Kvatadze 6.5
3 Irakli Aptsiauri 4.6
4 Mikheil Babunashvili 6.7
5 Lado Chachanidze 5.8
6 Tornike Jalagonia 7.2
7 Beka Saginadze 6.6
8 Beka Gorgadze 7.0
16 Nika Sutidze 6.2
17 Giorgi Mamaiashvili 6.0
18 Kakhaber Darbaidze –
19 Giorgi Javakhia 6.5
20 Luka Ivanishvili 5.9
21 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili 6.3
22 Gela Aprasidze 5.9
23 Luka Matkava –

Japan

15 Sam Greene 6.3
14 Kazuma Ueda 6.6
13 Dylan Riley 7.8
12 Charlie Lawrence 6.2
11 Tomoki Osada 7.2
10 Seungsin Lee 7.8
9 Naoto Saito 7.0
1 Kenta Kobayashi 6.7
2 Kenji Sato 6.3
3 Shuhei Takeuchi 6.9
4 Epineri Uluiviti 7.0
5 Warner Dearns 6.0
6 Tyler Paul 8.7
7 Kanji Shimokawa 6.8
8 Jack Cornelsen 7.9
16 Shodai Hirao –
17 Sho Furuhata –
18 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.8
19 Harry Hockings 7.1
20 Shu Yamamoto –
21 Kenta Fukuda –
22 Shinya Komura 6.5
23 Yuki Ikeda 6.3