西班牙 Iberians 队第比利斯杯收官战15比48负于南非 Currie Cup 冠军 Griquas 队
西班牙橄榄球职业队 Castilla y León Iberians 10月4日在格鲁吉亚第比利斯的 Avchala 球场以15比48负于南非 Suzuki Griquas 队，以一场硬仗结束了本届第比利斯杯征程。Griquas 队是南非 Currie Cup 的卫冕冠军。
比赛上半场，Iberians 一度占据主动：Estanislao Bay 率先达阵、Bautista Güemes 追加得分，西班牙球队以7比0领先，并在此后一段时间以10比5保持优势。但随着比赛推进，Griquas 队凭借身体力量逐渐掌控局面。
下半场 Iberians 仅由 Valentino Rizzo 在第69分钟再入一次达阵，最终比分定格在15比48。
尽管收官战失利，Iberians 本届赛事仍有亮点，他们此前曾击败南非 Toyota Cheetahs 队。主教练 Raúl Pérez 率领的这支球队由29名球员组成，本次格鲁吉亚之行是西班牙橄榄球备战2027年澳大利亚世界杯高水平计划的一部分。
（来源：西班牙皇家橄榄球协会）
Spain's Iberians Close Tbilisi Cup With a 15-48 Loss to Currie Cup Champions Griquas After Leading Early On
Castilla y León Iberians, Spain's professional rugby franchise, closed their Tbilisi Cup campaign on October 4 with a 15-48 defeat to South Africa's Suzuki Griquas at the Avchala Rugby Stadium in Tbilisi. The Griquas are the reigning Currie Cup champions.
The Iberians set the early pace: Estanislao Bay scored the opening try and Bautista Güemes added the conversion for a 7-0 lead, and the Spanish side were still ahead 10-5 during the first half. The South Africans' greater physical power gradually told, however, and they pulled away.
Valentino Rizzo's try in the 69th minute was the Iberians' only score of the second half, and the match ended 15-48.
Despite the closing defeat, the tournament brought a landmark result for the Iberians, who had beaten South Africa's Toyota Cheetahs earlier in the competition. Coached by Raúl Pérez, the 29-man squad's trip to Georgia forms part of Spanish rugby's high-performance programme on the road to the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
(Source: Spanish Rugby Federation)
来源：西班牙皇家橄榄球协会
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