All the pressure’s on us – Cockerill

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TBILISI, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 9: Richard Cockerill, the head coach of Georgia, is interviewed during the Captain's run at Shevardeni Stadium ahead of their Rugby Europe Championship match against Netherlands on February 9, 2024 in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Photo by Levan Verdzeuli/Getty Images)

By JON NEWCOMBE

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Georgia vs Portugal
Today. Kick-off 8pm, Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
Eddie Jones has coached three national teams, South Africa have won two World Cups and Britain has had four Prime Ministers since Georgia last lost a game in the Rugby Europe Championship.
That is the size of the task that confronts Portugal in Paris tonight as they prepare to take on the sixtime defending champions, whose last defeat came at the hands of Romania in March 2017.
Portugal were outplayed in the 2023 final, losing 38- 11. However, since then they have become “the darlings” of world r...

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