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The USA Eagles’ November 2013 series saw a home match against the Maori All Blacks and two road matches in Europe. The second of these fixtures saw the North Americans playing in Rustavi, Georgia;
The match went down in history as a great comeback win. The USA Eagles won the match in dramatic fashion as fly half Adam Siddall slotted a kick on full-time which saw the Todd Clever captained side jumping for joy as they pulled-off a two point victory.
Clever’s side did not start the match so well. Georgia were fasted out of the blocks, holding a 10-0 lead. The Eagles fought back to make it a two point deficit at half-time. The drama continued for the duration before the climatic moment had the fate in the boot of Siddall in the final play of the match.
SCORING
GEORGIA (23)
Try: Kvirikashvili, Sharikadze
Conversion: Kvirikashvili (2)
Penalty: Kvirikashvili (3)
USA (25)
Try: Scully, Wallace, Wyles
Conversion: Siddall (2)
Penalty: Siddall (2)
TEAMS
GEORGIA
1 Davit Khinchagashvili, 2 Shalva Mamukashvili, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 4 Kote Mikautadze, 5 Levan Datunashvili, 6 Shalva Sutiashvili, 7 Mamuka Gorgodze (capt.), 8 Giorgi Chkhaidze, 9 Giorgi Begadze, 10 Lasha Khmaladze, 11 Tedo Zibzibadze, 12 Merab Sharikadze, 13 Davit Kacharava, 14 Tamaz Mchedlidze, 15 Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements: 16 Simon Maisuradze, 17 Mikheil Nariashvili, 18 Levan Chilachava, 19 Giorgi Nemsadze, 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, 21 Vaja Khutsishvili, 22 Lasha Malaguradze, 23 Beka Tsiklauri
USA
1 Nick Wallace, 2 Phil Thiel, 3 Eric Fry, 4 Graham Harriman, 5 Samu Manoa, 6 Todd Clever (capt.), 7 Derek Asbun, 8 Cam Dolan, 9 Mike Petri, 10 Adam Siddall, 11 Tim Maupin, 12 Andrew Suniula, 13 Folau Niua, 14 Blaine Scully, 15 Chris Wyles
Replacements: 16 Zach Fenoglio, 17 Olive Kilifi, 18 Titi Lamositele, 19 Iñaki Basauri, 20 John Quill, 21 Shaun Davies 22 Seamus Kelly, 23 Luke Hume
