TheBreakdown
Full time8 November 2008
USA
43–9
Uruguay
Rio Tinto Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah, United StatesHead-to-head

USA won by 34 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TUSA try · Todd Clever5–0
  2. 4’CUSA conversion · Mike Hercus7–0
  3. 10’PUruguay penalty · Matias Arocena7–3
  4. 17’PUruguay penalty · Matias Arocena7–6
  5. 21’PUruguay penalty · Matias Arocena7–9
  6. 51’PUSA penalty · Mike Hercus10–9
  7. 55’TUSA try · Chris Wyles15–9
  8. 56’CUSA conversion · Mike Hercus17–9
  9. 57’TUSA try · Gavin De Bartolo22–9
  10. 58’CUSA conversion · Mike Hercus24–9
  11. 60’TUSA try · Takudzwa Ngwenya29–9
  12. 61’CUSA conversion · Mike Hercus31–9
  13. 76’TUSA try · Paul Emerick36–9
  14. 77’CUSA conversion · Valenese Malifa38–9
  15. 80’TUSA try · Chad Erskine43–9

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Mike MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Mark CrickHooker
  3. 3Matekitonga MoeakiolaProp
  4. 4Hayden SmithSecond row
  5. 5John Van Der GiessenSecond row
  6. 6Inaki BasauriFlanker
  7. 7Todd CleverFlanker
  8. 8Pat QuinnNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PetriScrum-half
  10. 10Mike HercusFly-half
  11. 11Gavin De BartoloWing
  12. 12Junior SifaCentre
  13. 13Paul EmerickCentre
  14. 14Takudzwa NgwenyaWing
  15. 15Chris WylesFull-back
  16. 16Joseph WelchBench
  17. 17Shawn PittmanBench
  18. 18Alec ParkerBench
  19. 19JJ GagianoBench
  20. 20Chad ErskineBench
  21. 21Valenese MalifaBench
  22. 22Salesi SikaBench

Uruguay

  1. 1Rodrigo SanchezProp
  2. 2Carlos ArboleyaHooker
  3. 3Mario SagarioProp
  4. 4Enrico LaitanoSecond row
  5. 5Juan Miguel AlvarezSecond row
  6. 6Martín EspigaFlanker
  7. 7Gonzalo PeyrouFlanker
  8. 8Ignacio ContiNumber 8
  9. 9Juan CampomarScrum-half
  10. 10Matias ArocenaFly-half
  11. 11Francisco BulantiWing
  12. 12Juan Martín LlovetCentre
  13. 13Joaquin PastoreCentre
  14. 14Francisco de PosadasWing
  15. 15Jeronimo EtcheverryFull-back
  16. 16Nicolas KlappenbachBench
  17. 17Juan Pedro RombysBench
  18. 18Matías FonsecaBench
  19. 19Santiago VilasecaBench
  20. 20Manuel MartinezBench
  21. 21Nicolas MoralesBench
  22. 22Leandro LeivasBench

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Context

All-time, USA 15–4 Uruguay, 1 drawn in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

USA going in
Uruguay going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.