2020 Autumn Nations Cup – Wales vs Georgia Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is Wales vs Georgia taking place? Saturday 21st November, 2020 – 17:15
Where is Wales vs Georgia taking place? Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Where can I get tickets for Wales vs Georgia? This match will be played without spectators
What channel is Wales vs Georgia on? S4C
Where can I stream Wales vs Georgia? Amazon Prime subscribers can stream this match live online
THE TEAM NEWS
WALES
Starting line-up: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Louis Rees-Zammit, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Kieran Hardy, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 James Botham, 5 Seb Davies, 4 Jake Ball, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Wyn Jones
Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Leon Brown, 19 Cory Hill, 20 James Davies, 21 Rhys Webb, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Jonah Holmes
GEORGIA
Starting line-up: 15 Lasha Khmaladze, 14 Akaki Tabutsadze, 13 Giorgi Kveseladze, 12 Merab Sharikadze (c), 11 Sandro Todua, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Beka Gorgadze, 7 Beka Saginadze, 6 Otar Giorgadze, 5 Kote Mikautadze, 4 Grigor Kerdikoshvili, 3 Beka Gigashvili, 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili
Replacements: 16 Giorgi Chkoidze, 17 Guram Gogichashvili, 18 Lexo Kaulashvili, 19 Lasha Jaiani, 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, 21 Gela Aprasidze, 22 Demur Tapladze, 23. Tamaz Mchedlidze
THE PREDICTION
Six defeats on the spin for Wales under Wayne Pivac gives this usually straightforward fixture a sense of dread about it for Welsh fans and the Georgians could smell blood when they travel to Parc y Scarlets. Wales’ poor loss to Ireland last week has left them in a real mire and it seems almost inevitable that the head coach will be moved on after the tournament. With so much bad atmosphere, Wales will have to find the motivation to earn their first win since facing Italy on the 1st of February the hard way and this match could suffer in quality as a result. Georgia failed to get any points on the board against England but they will fancy their chances at the upset here. In normal circumstances, Wales would be able to cover -25 in such a fixture but given the unrest it could be closer to -15 in a welcome, if tetchy home win.
