Preview 6NB: In Georgia's Hands
Georgia have won Europe's second Six Nations in 10 of the last 12 times and this year will see their 11th victory.
This will enhance the call that there be a promotion-relegation match between the two Six Nations competitions in Europe. That would mean playing Italy. In fact for 14 out of 19 competitions, it would have been Italy.
Even extreme mathematicians would say that Georgia cannot be dislodged from the top of the log.
Log After Round 4
1. Georgia with 18 points
2. Spain with 13 points
3. Russia with 11 points
4. Romania with 10 points
5. Belgium with 4 points
6. Germany with 1 point
Fixtures Round 5
The last round's matches will all be on Sunday, 17 March 2019.
Russia vs Georgia in Krasnodar
Germany vs Spain in Cologne
Belgium vs Romania in Brussels
Results
Round 1
Georgia vs Romania, 18-9
Belgium vs Germany, 29-22
Spain vs Russia, 16-14
Round 2
Romania vs Germany, 38-10
Russia vs Belgium, 64-7
Georgia vs Spain, 24-10
Round 3
Georgia vs Belgium, 46-6
Russia vs Germany, 26-18
Spain vs Romania, 21-18
Round 4
Romania vs Russia, 22-20
Spain vs Belgium, 47-9
Georgia vs Germany, 52-3
Round 5 Details
Russia vs Georgia
Teams
Russia: 14 Sozonov Vladislav, 13 Galinovskiy Igor, 12 Golosnitskii Kirill, 11 Potikhanov Daniil, 10 Ianiushkin Sergei, 9 Ismailov Timur, 8 Gresev Viktor(C), 7 Peki Eme, 6 Sidorov Mikhail, 5 Elgin Evgeny, 4 Ilin Alexander, 3 Gotovtsev Kirill, 2 Chernyshev Sergey, 15 Churashov Nikita, 1 Alexey Skobiola
Replacements: 16 Kalinin Leonid, 17 Mishechkin Evgeny, 18 Igretsov Andrei, 19 Panasenko Alexey, 20 Bekov Mykyta, 21 Trishin Sergey, 22 Uzunov Konstantin, 23 tba
Georgia: 15 Ioseb Matiashvili, 14 Mirian Modebadze, 13 Merab Sharikadze (captain), 12 Lasha Malaguradze, 11 Giorgi Kveseladze, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Beka Gorgadze, 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze, 6 Otari Giorgadze, 5 Giorgi Nemsadze, 4 Nodar Cheishvili, 3Levan Chilachava , 2 Shalva Mamukashvili, 1 Beka Gigashvili
Replacements: 16 Zurabi Zhvania, 17 Guram Gogichashvili, 18 Giorgi Melikidze, 19 Shalva Sutiashvili, 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, 21 Gela Aprasidze, 22 Lasha Khmaladze, 23 David Kacharava
Date: Sunday, 17 March 2017
Kick-off:
Venue: Trod Stadium, Krasnodar
Expected weather conditions: Wet and bitterly cold. Rain wqith a high of 8°C, dropping to 2°C
Referee: Thomas Foley (England)
Assistant referees: Anthony Woodthorpe (England), Philip Watters (England)
Citing commissioner: Rossano Faccioli (Italy)
Germany vs Spain
Teams
Germany: 15 Marcel Coetzee, 14 Carlos Soteras-Merz, 13 Vito Lammers, 12 Wynston Cameron-Dow, 11 Felix Lammers, 10 Nikolai Klewinghaus , 9 Tim Menzel, 8 Sebastian Ferreira (captain), 7 Jacobus Otto, 6 Emil Rupf, 5 Eric Marks, 4 Jorn Schroder, 3 Sammy Fuchsel, 2 Dasch Barber, 1 Tobias Williams
Replacements: 16 Marcel Henn, 17 Julias Nostadt, 18 Matthias Schosser, 19 Antony Dickinsone, 20 Michail Tyumenev, 21 Morné Laubscher, 22 Samuel Harris, 23 Rafael Pyrasch
Spain: 15 Richard Stewart, 14 Julen Goia, 13 Andrea Rábago, 12 Alvar Gimeno, 11 Jordi Jorba, 10 Andrew Norton, 9 Lucas Rubio, 8Manu Mora , 7 Lucas Guillame, 6 Víctor Sánchez, 5 Joshua Peters, 4 Michael Walker-Fitton, 3 Xerom Civil, 2 Quentin García,1 Fernando López (captain)
Replacements: 16 Thierry Feuteu, 17 Diego Carvajales, 18 Ian Ascroft-Leigh, 19 Juan Pablo Guido, 20 Facundo Munilla, 21 Federico Casteglioni, 22 Hugo Alonso, 23 Jon Zabala
Date: Sunday, 17 March 2017
Kick-off: 13.00
Venue: Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne
Expected weather conditions: Rain with a high of 10°C, dropping to 3°C
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Federico Vedovelli (Italy), Matteo Giacomini (Italy)
Citing commissioner: Alberto Recaldini (Italy)
Belgium vs Romania
Teams
Belgium: 15 Alan Williams, 14 Thomas Wallraf, 13 Nathan Bontems, 12 Ervin Muric, 11 Craig Dowsett, 10 Vincent Hart, 9 Tom Cocqu, 8 Corentin Lecloux, 7 Jean-Maurice Decubber, 6 Gillian Benoy, 5 Tom Herenger, 4 Bertrand Billi, 3 Maxime Jadot, 2 Thomas Dienst (captain), 1 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq
Replacements: 16 Alexis Cuffolo, 17 Bastien Gallaire, 18 Lucas Sotteau, 19 Tuur Moelants, 20 Amin Hamzaoui, 21 Louis de Moffarts, 22 Marc Tchangue, 23 Romain Pinte
Romania: 15 Marius Simionescu, 14 Vlăduț Zaharia, 13 Alexandru Bucur, 12 Vlăduț Popa, 11 Nicolas Onuțu, 10 Daniel Plai, 9 Florin Surugiu, 8 Dorin Lazăr, 7 Adrian Ion (captain), 6 Vlad Nistor, 5 Marius Antonescu, 4 Johan van Heerden,3 Alexandru Gordaș, 2 Eugen Căpățînă, 1 Constantin Pristavita
Replacements: 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru, 17 Iulian Hartig, 18 Vasile Bălan, 19 Ionut Muresan, 20 Vlad Neculau, 21 Alexandru Țiglă, 22 Florin Vlaicu, 23 Ionuț Dumitru
Date: Sunday, 17 March 2019
Kick-off:
Venue: Little Heysel, Brussels
Expected weather conditions: Rain with a high of 9°C and a low of 3°C
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: Mike English (Wales), Chris Oliver (Wales)
Citing commissioner: Eugene Ryan (Ireland)