Portugal goes for first Rugby World Cup 勝利，勝つ without banned winger Pinto against Georgia
TOULOUSE, フラン (AP) - Portugal goes for its first 勝利，勝つ at a Rugby World Cup without winger Vincent Pinto after his red card in the team´s pool opener 支配するd him out of Saturday´s match against Georgia.
Pinto was 取って代わるd by Raffaele Storti in one of four changes by Portugal coach Patrice Lagisquet for the game in Toulouse, which 代表するs the team´s best chance of a victory in Pool C that also 含む／封じ込めるs むちの跡s, Australia and Fiji.
Diogo Hasse Ferreira and Jos? Madeira come into the pack in place of Anthony Alves and Martim Belo, while Pedro Bettencourt takes the place of Jos? Lima at outside 中心.
Pinto was sent off and 一時停止するd for Portugal´s remaining pool games after making a leaping catch late in the 28-8 loss to むちの跡s, only to clip the 直面する of opposite winger Josh Adams with his boot as he （機の）カム 負かす／撃墜する unbalanced. A 初期の yellow card was 昇格d to a red in a （船に）燃料を積み込む／（軍）地下えんぺい壕 review.
Pinto can play the pool closer against Fiji on Oct. 8 if he 請け負うs 取り組む school.
The match is a repeat of the final of the Rugby Europe 選手権 - the 競争 for the continent´s second-tier countries below the Six Nations - which saw Georgia （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Portugal 38-11 in March.
From the left, Portugal's Rafael Simoes, Martim Belo, Lionel Campergue and Vincent Pinto talk to 支持者s after the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between むちの跡s and Portugal at the Stade de Nice, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023 in Nice, southern フラン. むちの跡s won 28-8 (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Portugal is 試みる／企てるing to 追いつく the Georgians as the best of the 残り／休憩（する） in Europe, but 直面する a 堅い 仕事 against a rugged 対抗者 that 戦う／戦いd hard in losing only 35-15 to Australia in their first 遠出 in this World Cup.
Georgia coach Levan Maisashvili made eight changes in total - four in the pack and four in the 支援するs - 含むing a new halfback pairing in Gela Aprasidze and Tedo Abzhandadze.
前線-rowers Mikheil Nariashvili and Beka Gigashvili, lock Vladimer Chachanidze and flanker Beka Saginadze come into the 今後s, while winger Alexander Todua and 中心 Giorgi Kveseladze also 星／主役にする t.
Giorgi Kveseladze will 勝利，勝つ his 50th cap, as will Nodar Cheishvili if used off the （法廷の）裁判.
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顔触れs:
Georgia: Davit Niniashvili, Akaki Tabutsadze, Giorgi Kveseladze, Merab Sharikadze (captain), Alexander Todua, Tedo Abzhandadze, Gela Aprasidze; Beka Gorgadze, Beka Saginadze, Tornike Jalagonia, Konstantine Mikautadze, Vladimer Chachanidze, Beka Gigashvili, Shalva Mamukashvili, Mikheil Nariashvili. Reserves: Tengizi Zamtaradze, Guram Gogichashvili, Guram Papidze, Nodar Cheishvili, Giorgi Tsutskiridze, Vasil Lobzhanidze, Luka Matkava, Demur Tapladze
Portugal: Nuno Sousa Guedes, Raffaele Storti, Pedro Bettencourt, Tom?s Appleton (captain), Rodrigo Marta, Jer?nimo Portela, Samuel Marques; Rafael Sim?es, Nicolas ツバメs, Jo?o Granate, Steevy Cerqueira, Jos? Madeira, Diogo Hasse Ferreira, マイク Tadjer, Francisco Fernandes. Reserves: David Costa, Lionel Campergue, Anthony Alves, Martim Belo, David Wallis, Thibault de Freitas, Pedro Lucas, Manuel Cardoso Pinto.
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むちの跡s' Johnny Williams, is Brough 負かす／撃墜する by Portugal's Tomas Appleton, 権利 and Portugal's Vincent Pinto, on the ground during the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between むちの跡s and Portugal in the Stade de Nice, in Nice, フラン Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Georgia's Beka Gorgadze, left, is stooped by an Australian player during the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Australia and Georgia at the Stade de フラン in Saint-Deni s, north of Paris, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Australia's Lalakai Foketi, left, and Georgia's Akaki Tabutsadze challenge for the ball during the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Australia and Georgia at the Stade de フラン in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Australia's Marika Koroibete, 権利, 避けるs Georgian player during the Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Australia and Georgia at the Stade de フラン in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
