What a disappointment for Georgia. After doing themselves proud in their previous three matches, including their first ever World Cup win against Namibia, they then capitulated spectacularly in the face of a marauding French team in the cauldron of noise that is the Stade Velodrome in Marseille. More

This morning French coach Bernard Laporte explained his decision to name hooker Sébastien Bruno, the only French player to have remained on the bench. “He is slightly behind the other hookers but we ought to give him a chance. He’s starving”. More

Fantastic, the Georgians have finally broken their World Cup duck by bulldozzing their way through Namibia in Lens.

They have been threatening to make this breakthrough, and it is to the credit of the tournament that new nations are picking up the rugby torch and raising thier level. More

So how did the Irish come away from that match against Georgia with four points? I'm really not sure!

The men from the Emerald Isle spent huge periods of the game on the back foot, stymied by a mixture of handling errors, poor kicking, and a level of desicion making that should have been left far behind when they graduated to long trousers. More

What a performance from Georgia in their opening match of this year's World Cup, albeit against an obviously tired Argentine side only given four days rest after their heroics against France. More