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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Elland Road, Leeds · 27 September 2015Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 23 points.Half-time 6–10 · Tries 5–1

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3′7′16′19′34′42′51′2142475465793158Attacks921Ball won10914026458312627281222745835%Own 2244%Own half40%Opp half82%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SCO12412
USA10522
← USA attack · Scotland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
21′USATry, Titi Lamositele, converted6–8
42′ScotlandTry, Tim Visser, conversion missed11–13
47′ScotlandTry, Sean Maitland, converted16–13
54′ScotlandTry, WP Nel, converted23–16
65′ScotlandTry, Matt Scott, converted30–16
79′ScotlandTry, Duncan Weir, converted37–16
3′USAPenalty goal scored
7′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
16′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
19′ScotlandPenalty goal missed
34′ScotlandPenalty goal missed
42′USAPenalty goal scored
51′USAPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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21′Titi Lamositele42′Tim Visser47′Sean Maitland54′WP Nel65′Matt Scott79′Duncan Weir
SCO

Team stats

USA
51%Possession49%
54%Territory46%
114Carries106
324Metres gained337
8Clean breaks4
22Defenders beaten12
113Passes124
8Offloads4
124Tackles made105
12Tackles missed22
76/80Rucks won88/89
14/15Lineouts won6/11
7/9Scrums won4/4
9/9Mauls won3/4
1Turnovers won8
9Penalties conceded13
29Kicks from hand32
445Kick metres369
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 4/5, penalties 2/4 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ryan GrantProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3Jon WelshProp
  4. 4Richie GraySecond row
  5. 5Grant GilchristSecond row
  6. 6Alasdair StrokoschFlanker
  7. 7Ryan WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Josh StraussNumber 8
  9. 9Henry PyrgosScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Tim VisserWing
  12. 12Pete HorneCentre
  13. 13Mark BennettCentre
  14. 14Sean MaitlandWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Kevin BryceBench
  17. 17Alasdair DickinsonBench
  18. 18WP NelBench
  19. 19Tim SwinsonBench
  20. 20Fraser BrownBench
  21. 21Greig LaidlawBench
  22. 22Duncan WeirBench
  23. 23Matt ScottBench

USA

  1. 1Eric FryProp
  2. 2Phil ThielHooker
  3. 3Titi LamositeleProp
  4. 4Hayden SmithSecond row
  5. 5Greg PetersonSecond row
  6. 6Al McFarlandFlanker
  7. 7Andrew DurutaloFlanker
  8. 8Samu ManoaNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PetriScrum-half
  10. 10AJ MacGintyFly-half
  11. 11Blaine ScullyWing
  12. 12Thretton PalamoCentre
  13. 13Seamus KellyCentre
  14. 14Takudzwa NgwenyaWing
  15. 15Chris WylesFull-back
  16. 16Zach FenoglioBench
  17. 17Olive KilifiBench
  18. 18Chris BaumannBench
  19. 19Cam DolanBench
  20. 20John QuillBench
  21. 21Danny BarrettBench
  22. 22Shalom SuniulaBench
  23. 23Folau NiuaBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 8–1 USA in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.