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Game Info

Venue: Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa

11:15 AM, October 11, 2019

1665dReuters

Superb Koroibete try provides spark for Australia against Georgia

A superb second-half try from Marika Koroibete helped Australia edge past Georgia as they warmed up for a likely quarterfinal clash with England.

81'		27-8 End of second half
80'		That's where we'll leave the live blog - thanks for joining us!
80'		FULL TIME! Australia 27 - 8 Georgia Matt Toouma misses the conversion, but Australia secure the bonus point win in poor conditions. Towards the end of the match, the Wallabies found a little groove; after some early errors and penalties, they tightened up and broke through the Georgian defence.

AUS

GEO

76%

24%

80%

20%

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GEO

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