Rugby World Cup 2019 – Georgia vs Uruguay LIVE: Score, stream and latest updates from Pool D fixture
Follow all the live action from Kumagaya where the South Americans are hoping to trigger another World Cup upset after beating Fiji earlier this week
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow live updates from the Rugby World Cup as Uruguay and Georgia go head to head this morning in Kumagaya.
Fiji were stunned in Pool D on Wednesday when the South Americans achieved the greatest result in their rugby history with a 30-27 victory in Kamaishi.
Georgia, meanwhile, lost their opening game to Wales 43-14 on Monday, but they produced a dogged second-half performance in which they shared 28 points with Warren Gatland's side. Follow the live action below:
How can I live stream the match?
The game will be available to stream via the ITV Hub on your smartphone, desktop or tablet.
ITV will also be broadcasting the match on terrestrial TV.
What time is it?
Georgia vs Uruguay kicks off on Sunday 29 September at 2.15pm Japan Standard Time, which is 6.15am BST.
13 minutes
Uruguay kick down to near the Georgia 22, but lose the ball at the lineout.
However they soon have it back as the teams play pass the parcel, but it is inefficient passing, and Nicolas Freitas goes all Luis Suarez in his attempts to keep it in. Unfortunately, he is Luis Suarez in the Champions League, and it goes wide. Georgia lineout.
What is going on here, then?
The TMO has called down to Wayne Barnes with a potential foul play check.
Marius Jonker wants to look at a tackle by Mateo Sanguinetti of Uruguay.
14 minutes
Just a penalty. The loosehead has put in a late tackle, ruled not to be a shoulder charge by Barnes, otherwise Sanguinetti might well have been off for a ten minute breather.
Georgia penalty on their own 10-metre, and big-booted full-back Lasha Khmaladze booms a brilliant touch finder down inside the Uruguay 22.
15 minutes
Uruguay do well to stop the maul, and now Georgia go to one out runners.
Wider, pull back pass from Tedo Abzhandadze, no real ground made.
But here's Otari Giorgadze, big charge to make five metres in the tight, but Wayne Barnes has signalled a penalty. And quite rightly - Jaba Bregvadze has gone off his feet in trying to clear out the ruck. Uruguay escape.
17 minutes
A beautiful high kick from Felipe Berchesi forces an aerial mishandle from Lasha Khmaladze, and though Berchesi's subsequent drop ensures Uruguay can't immediately profit, they will have the scrum.
18 minutes
Well felled! A leaping Juan Manuel Cat looks to be through/over a tackle as Santiago Arata fizzes a lovely pass into the midfield, but his shoelace is just caught to prevent the try.
Juan Pedro Rombys gets through a tackle to make ground, and a stab behind has Andres Vilaseca intrigued, but there is too much on it, and Georgia dot the ball down to have a 22.
Alexander Todua opened the scoring with a try in the left corner
21 minutes
Into some pretty aimless kicking, now, with Felipe Berchesi ending the monotony of the kick-tennis with a punt over the touchline to near halfway.
And time for a water break. It is scorchio in Kumagaya.
While we wait for the players to refresh themselves, an update on a game in Pool C, with Typhoon Mitag looming:
21 minutes
Back underway, and Uruguay look to build an attack.
But that's the opposite of cohesion - Alejandro Nieto is sauntering across field and runs right into the path of Felipe Berchesi looking to kick. He takes the ball from his fly-half as the boot comes through, and takes a painful one. Georgia scrum.
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