TheBreakdown
Full time16 November 2008
Japan
29–19
USA
Nagoya Municipal Mizuho Park Rugby Ground, Nagoya, JapanHead-to-head

Japan won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PJapan penalty · Ryan Nicholas3–0
  2. 10’TUSA try · Mike MacDonald3–5
  3. 11’CUSA conversion · Mike Hercus3–7
  4. 34’TJapan try · Ryu Koliniasi Holani8–7
  5. 35’CJapan conversion · Ryan Nicholas10–7
  6. 40’TUSA try · Takudzwa Ngwenya10–12
  7. 41’CUSA conversion · Mike Hercus10–14
  8. 46’TJapan try · Kosuke Endo15–14
  9. 47’CJapan conversion · Ryan Nicholas17–14
  10. 54’PJapan penalty · Ryan Nicholas20–14
  11. 60’PJapan penalty · Shaun Webb23–14
  12. 64’PJapan penalty · Ryan Nicholas26–14
  13. 70’TUSA try · Joseph Welch26–19
  14. 78’PJapan penalty · Ryan Nicholas29–19

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  2. 2Yusuke AokiHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Hajime KisoFlanker
  7. 7Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Shaun WebbFly-half
  11. 11Koji TomiokaWing
  12. 12Ryan NicholasCentre
  13. 13Koji TairaCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Kaoru MatsushitaFull-back
  16. 16Noanori MizuyamaBench
  17. 17Naoki KawamataBench
  18. 18Tomoaki TaniguchiBench
  19. 19Michael LeitchBench
  20. 20Tomoki YoshidaBench
  21. 21Masakazu IrieBench
  22. 22Bryce RobinsBench

USA

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

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Context

All-time, Japan 13–13 USA, 1 drawn in 27 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
USA 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.