{"id":265668,"date":"2025-11-16T07:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265668\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T07:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:27:11","slug":"georgians-roar-eagles-soar-and-lobos-tear-into-asian-heavyweights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265668\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgians roar, Eagles soar and Lobos tear into Asian heavyweights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the Rugby World Cup<\/a> draw approaching, Georgia, Portugal, and the United States all claimed precious wins, with the Lelos showing their best colours in a 38-17 thumping of Canada.<\/p>\n

Lelos stomp through Maple Leaf
In the opening game of the third weekend of Autumn Internationals, Georgia<\/a> secured a 38-17 victory over Canada<\/a> with Shalva Aptsiauri<\/a> stealing the show as the wing recorded a hat-trick.<\/p>\n

Aptsiauri\u2019s first came eight minutes in, evading several tacklers to reach the try-line.<\/p>\n

Canada responded by settling for three points as Peter Nelson<\/a> converted a penalty.<\/p>\n

Georgia\u2019s pressure soon told again, with Demur Tapladze<\/a> and Aptsiauri diving into the corner to give their side a comfortable 17-point lead at halftime.<\/p>\n

Richard Cockerill\u2019s men pressed on, adding further tries through Aptsiauri and Giorgi Kveseladze<\/a> before the 55-minute mark, both converted by Tedo Abzhandadze.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s bright moment came when Brock Gallagher<\/a> finished after a sharp break from wing Nic Benn.
Both sides added a final try, through flankers Tornike Jalagonia<\/a> and Sion Parry<\/a>, the latter scoring shortly after returning from the sin bin.<\/p>\n

Georgia will conclude their 2025 Test season against Japan<\/a> next week, welcoming Eddie Jones\u2019s side to Tbilisi\u2019s Mikheil Meskhi Stadium.<\/p>\n

Lobos masterclass
Portugal<\/a> bounced back from a disheartening loss to Uruguay, trampling Hong Kong China<\/a> 58-12 at Est\u00e1dio Nacional do Jamor.<\/p>\n

The Lobos built a rapid 19-point lead with tries from Luka Begic<\/a>, Sim\u00e3o Bento, and Rodrigo Marta<\/a>, while Nuno Sousa Guedes<\/a> added two conversions.<\/p>\n

Despite struggling for territory, Hong Kong China enjoyed a positive spell before halftime, scoring through Sunia Fameitau<\/a> and Guy Spanton.<\/p>\n

Guedes extended Portugal\u2019s advantage with a penalty, giving the hosts a 10-point cushion at the interval.
The second half was one-way traffic as Portugal controlled every facet. Marta grabbed his second, followed by Raffaele Storti<\/a>, Martim Bello, Vasco Baptista<\/a>, Manuel Vareiro<\/a>, and Nicol\u00e1s Martins, with Guedes adding five conversions.<\/p>\n

Simon Mannix ends a run of three defeats with his biggest win since taking charge.<\/p>\n

Portugal now face a Canadian side still searching for their first victory, while Hong Kong China conclude their Test season.<\/p>\n

Eagles in complete control in Bucharest
The Eagles edged Romania<\/a> 26-18 at the Arcul de Triumf, claiming their first win of the Autumn window.
Both sides were cagey early, trading penalty goals through Luke Carty<\/a> and Alin Conache<\/a>, with the USA<\/a> fly-half landing two.<\/p>\n

The first try arrived when Cory Daniel<\/a> muscled through the Romanian defence to extend the USA\u2019s lead.
Romania hit back immediately, with powerful wing Tevita Manumua<\/a> outmuscling Mark O\u2019Keeffe<\/a> to give the hosts hope.<\/p>\n

\"RugbyA Romanian ball carrier hits the Eagles\u2019 defensive wall Credit: Romanina Rugby<\/p>\n

Carty stemmed the momentum with another penalty before halftime.<\/p>\n

The Eagles frustrated Romania throughout the second half, shutting down attacks and grabbing six turnovers. Rufus McLean<\/a> then finished a sweeping move 22 minutes from time, with De Haas converting.<\/p>\n

Carty added another penalty late on before Cristi Chiric? scored a consolation try at the death.<\/p>\n

Romania now turn to Uruguay<\/a> in their final match of 2025, while the USA head home buoyed by a win after heavy defeats to Scotland<\/a> and Georgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Rugby World Cup draw approaching, Georgia, Portugal, and the United States all claimed precious wins, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-265668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}