TheBreakdown
Full time22 November 2008
Japan
32–17
USA
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, JapanHead-to-head

Japan won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’TUSA try · Chris Wyles0–5
  2. 8’TJapan try · Kensuke Hatakeyama5–5
  3. 29’TJapan try · Koji Tomioka10–5
  4. 30’CJapan conversion · Ryan Nicholas12–5
  5. 32’TJapan try · Shaun Webb17–5
  6. 33’CJapan conversion · Ryan Nicholas19–5
  7. 42’TUSA try · Takudzwa Ngwenya19–10
  8. 49’PJapan penalty · Ryan Nicholas22–10
  9. 51’TUSA try · John Van Der Giessen22–15
  10. 52’CUSA conversion · Mike Hercus22–17
  11. 64’TJapan try · Takashi Kikutani27–17
  12. 65’CJapan conversion · Ryan Nicholas29–17
  13. 69’PJapan penalty · Ryan Nicholas32–17

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  2. 2Yusuke AokiHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Shaun WebbFly-half
  11. 11Koji TomiokaWing
  12. 12Ryan NicholasCentre
  13. 13Bryce RobinsCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Kaoru MatsushitaFull-back
  16. 16Noanori MizuyamaBench
  17. 17Naoki KawamataBench
  18. 18Luke ThompsonBench
  19. 19Masato ToyodaBench
  20. 20Tomoki YoshidaBench
  21. 21Masakazu IrieBench
  22. 22Piei MafileoBench

USA

  1. 1Mike MacDonaldProp
  2. 2Mark CrickHooker
  3. 3Brian Le MayProp
  4. 4John Van Der GiessenSecond row
  5. 5Hayden SmithSecond 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. 17Matekitonga MoeakiolaBench
  18. 18Courtney MackayBench
  19. 19JJ GagianoBench
  20. 20Chad ErskineBench
  21. 21Thretton PalamoBench
  22. 22Valenese MalifaBench

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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.