Darren Randolph: Was rarely tested, but did what he had to do well. 6
Seamus Coleman: Came up with the match-winning moment when Ireland were struggling and deserves tremendous credit for that. 8
Ciaran Clark: Wasn’t overly busy, but looked solid whenever tested. 7
Shane Duffy: Justified his selection, winning a number of headers at the back, as the Irish defence seldom looked like being breached. 7
Stephen Ward: As solid as the rest of the back four and appears to have won over a few doubters now, after some questioned his selection in the past. 7
James McCarthy: Did everything that was expected of him, winning a few good tackles and shepherding the back four well. 7
Jeff Hendrick: Showed a few nice touches, but one of his quieter games overall. 6
Robbie Brady: Made a few lovely sweeping passes and decent set-piece deliveries, before injuring himself following a brave header that nearly resulted in a goal. 7
James McClean: A constant menace to the Georgian defence, McClean was usually Ireland’s biggest threat in attack and hardly ever stopped running. 8
Jon Walters: Worked hard, but struggled to win headers against a physically imposing Georgian defence. Still created one or two decent chances though. 6
Shane Long: Ran hard, and caused Georgia more problems as they pushed forward, but still needs to be more clinical in front of goal. 6
Subs: Glenn Whelan and John O’Shea didn’t do much wrong in the few minutes they had on the field. 6
Martin O’Neill: Bravely persisted with the team after a poor first-half performance and his faith was ultimately justified. 7
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