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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Kingsholm, Gloucester · 11 October 2015Head-to-head
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Japan won by 10 points.Half-time 8–17 · Tries 2–3 · USA 1 yellow card

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5′33′44′55′77′72428627137152Attacks748Ball won901112339171121453510841421220%Own 2245%Own half59%Opp half72%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
USA14218
JPN13819
← Japan attack · USA 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
7′JapanTry, Kotaro Matsushima, converted3–5
24′USATry, Takudzwa Ngwenya, conversion missed8–7
28′JapanTry, Yoshikazu Fujita, converted8–12
62′JapanTry, Amanaki Mafi, conversion missed11–25
71′USATry, Chris Wyles, converted16–25
5′USAPenalty goal scored
33′JapanPenalty goal scored
44′JapanPenalty goal scored
55′USAPenalty goal scored
77′JapanPenalty 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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 USA card
7′Kotaro Matsushima24′Takudzwa Ngwenya28′Yoshikazu Fujita62′Amanaki Mafi71′Chris Wyles
USA

Team stats

JPN
47%Possession53%
48%Territory52%
126Carries141
358Metres gained372
5Clean breaks4
19Defenders beaten18
154Passes147
5Offloads14
142Tackles made138
18Tackles missed19
99/101Rucks won102/109
9/9Lineouts won9/10
5/5Scrums won8/8
3/4Mauls won6/7
11Turnovers won6
7Penalties conceded8
29Kicks from hand24
266Kick metres270
Goal kicking
USA conversions 1/2, penalties 2/2 · JPN conversions 2/3, 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

USA

  1. 1Eric FryProp
  2. 2Zach FenoglioHooker
  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. 11Zack TestWing
  12. 12Thretton PalamoCentre
  13. 13Seamus KellyCentre
  14. 14Takudzwa NgwenyaWing
  15. 15Chris WylesFull-back
  16. 16Phil ThielBench
  17. 17Olive KilifiBench
  18. 18Chris BaumannBench
  19. 19Cam DolanBench
  20. 20John QuillBench
  21. 21Danny BarrettBench
  22. 22Niku KrugerBench
  23. 23Folau NiuaBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Hiroshi YamashitaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Justin IvesSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Michael BroadhurstFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Kosei OnoFly-half
  11. 11Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  12. 12Craig WingCentre
  13. 13Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  14. 14Yoshikazu FujitaWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Takeshi KizuBench
  17. 17Masataka MikamiBench
  18. 18Kensuke HatakeyamaBench
  19. 19Shinya MakabeBench
  20. 20Amanaki MafiBench
  21. 21Hendrik TuiBench
  22. 22Atsushi HiwasaBench
  23. 23Karne HeskethBench

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Context

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

USA going in
Japan 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.