Mid-year internationals Team Tracker: Georgia fully stocked for ‘daunting’ Springboks while England back youth against USA
Georgia captain Beka Saginadze in action against the Springboks in 2021.
Check out the teams ahead of the third weekend of the mid-year international action, which is headlined by Australia’s first Test against the British and Irish Lions in Brisbane.
Meanwhile, in other action, Georgia face a daunting task against the Springboks in Nelspruit and Lelos head coach Richard Cockerill has made just one change to his starting line-up after their loss against Ireland in Tbilisi earlier this month.
Beka Saginadze captains the Lelos from the openside flank while Ilia Spanderashvili comes into the run-on side to replace Tornike Jalagonia at number eight.
Elsewhere, England head coach Steve Borthwick has named a youthful matchday squad for their clash against the USA Eagles in Washington D.C.
Friday
Samoa v Scotland
Eden Park, Auckland
Samoa: 15 Latrell Ah Kiong, 14 Tuna Tuitama, 13 Duncan Paia’aua, 12 Henry Taefu, 11 Tomasi Alosio, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Melani Matavao, 8 Taleni Seu, 7 Jonah Mau’u, 6 Theo McFarland (c), 5 Samuel Slade, 4 Benjamin Petaia Nee-Nee, 3 Michael Alaalatoa, 2 Pita Anae-Ah Sue, 1 Aki Seiuli
Replacements: 16 Luteru Tolai, 17 Kaynan Siteine-Tua, 18 Marco Fepuleai, 19 Michael Curry, 20 Niko Jones, 21 Iakopo Mapu, 22 Connor Tupai, 23 Rodney Iona
Scotland: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Arron Reed, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Jamie Dobie, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Rory Darge (c), 6 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Gregor Brown, 3 Elliot Millar Mills, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Fin Richardson, 19 Cameron Henderson, 20 Marshall Sykes, 21 Ben Muncaster, 22 George Horne, 23 Adam Hastings
Saturday
New Zealand v France
FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
New Zealand: 15 Ruben Love, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Quinn Tupaea, 11 Sevu Reece, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Cortez Ratima, 8 Luke Jacobson, 7 Ardie Savea (c), 6 Samipeni Finau, 5 Fabian Holland, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 16 Brodie McAlister, 17 George Bower, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Dalton Papali’i, 20 Du’Plessis Kirifi 21 Noah Hotham, 22 Timoci Tavatavanawai, 23 Jordie Barrett
France: 15 Léo Barré, 14 Théo Attissogbé, 13 Nicolas Depoortère, 12 Gaël Fickou (c), 11 Gabin Villière, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Mickaël Guillard, 7 Joshua Brennan, 6 Alexandre Fischer, 5 Matthias Halagahu, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Pierre Bourgarit, 1 Baptiste Erdocio
Replacements: 16 Gaëtan Barlot, 17 Paul Mallez, 18 Demba Bamba, 19 Romain Taofifénua, 20 Killian Tixeront, 21 Pierre Bochaton, 22 Thibault Daubagna, 23 Émilien Gailleton
Australia v British & Irish Lions
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Australia: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Max Jorgensen, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 12 Len Ikitau, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Tom Lynagh, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Harry Wilson (c), 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Nick Champion de Crespigny, 5 Jeremy Williams, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 James Slipper
Replacements: 16 Billy Pollard, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Tom Robertson, 19 Tom Hooper, 20 Carlo Tizzano, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Andrew Kellaway
British & Irish Lions: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 James Lowe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Bundee Aki
South Africa v Georgia
Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
South Africa: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Cobus Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Neethling Fouchem 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Boan Venter
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Faf de Klerk, 22 Handré Pollard, 23 Damian Willemse
Georgia: 15 Davit Niniashvili, 14 Akaki Tabutsadze, 13 Demur Tapladze, 12 Giorgi Kveseladze, 11 Alexander Todua, 10 Luka Matkava, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Ilia Spanderashvili, 7 Beka Saginadze (c), 6 Luka Ivanishvili, 5 Lado Chachanidze, 4 Mikheili Babunashvili, 3 Irakli Aptsiauri, 2 Vano Karkadze, 1 Giorgi Akhaladze
Replacements: 16 Irakli Kvatadze, 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Demur Epremidze, 20 Sandro Mamamtvarishvili, 21 Tornike Jalagonia, 22 Tedo Abzhandadze, 23 Tornike Kakhoidze
Argentina v Uruguay
Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena, Salta
Argentina: 15 Benjamin Elizalde, 14 Rodrigo Isgró, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Justo Piccardo, 11 Santiago Pernas, 10 Nicolás Roger, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 8 Joaquín Moro, 7 Benjamin Grondona, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Francisco Gómez Kodela, 2 Julián Montoya (c), 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Lucas Paulos, 20 Nicolás D’Amorim, 21 Agustín Moyano, 22 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 23 Santiago Cordero
Uruguay: 15 Juan Gonzalez, 14 Bautista Basso, 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 12 Andrés Vilaseca, 11 Ignacio Álvarez, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 8 Manuel Diana, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 6 Manuel Ardao, 5 Manuel Leindekar (c), 4 Felipe Aliaga, 3 Diego Arbelo, 2 Germán Kessler, 1 Mateo Sanguinetti
Replacements: 16 Facundo Gattas, 17 Francisco Suárez, 18 Ignacio Péculo, 19 Ignacio Dotti, 20 Carlos Deus, 21 Santiago Civetta, 22 Juan Manuel Tafernaberry, 23 Ícaro Amarillo
USA v England
Audi Field, Washington DC
USA: 15 Erich Storti, 14 Rufus McLean, 13 Dominic Besag, 12 Tom Pittman, 11 Toby Fricker, 10 Chris Hilsenbeck, 9 Ruben de Haas, 8 Jamason Fa’anana Schultz, 7 Cory Daniel, 6 Benjamin Bonasso, 5 Tevita Naqali, 4 Marno Redelinghuys, 3 Pono Davis, 2 Kaleb Geiger, 1 Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Replacements: 16 Shilo Klein, 17 Jack Iscaro, 18 Tonga Kofe, 19 Viliami Helu, 20 Christian Poidevin, 21 Makeen Alikhan, 22 JP Smith, 23 Lauina Futi
England: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 George Ford (c), 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Alex Dombrandt, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 Arthur Clark, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Gabriel Oghre, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Ben Curry, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Charlie Atkinson, 23 Oscar Beard