TheBreakdown
Full time6 September 2025
USA
21–47
Japan
Heart Health Park, Sacramento, California, United States · Pacific Nations Cup 2025Head-to-head

Japan won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’TJapan try · Ben Gunter0–5
  2. 13’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee0–7
  3. 22’TJapan try · Amato Fakatava0–12
  4. 23’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee0–14
  5. 26’TJapan try · Warner Dearns0–19
  6. 27’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee0–21
  7. 30’TUSA try · Kapeli Pifeleti5–21
  8. 31’CUSA conversion · Christopher Hilsenbeck7–21
  9. 33’TJapan try · Kanji Shimokawa7–26
  10. 34’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee7–28
  11. 38’TUSA try · Kapeli Pifeleti12–28
  12. 39’CUSA conversion · Christopher Hilsenbeck14–28
  13. 46’TJapan try · Amato Fakatava14–33
  14. 62’TJapan try · Warner Dearns14–38
  15. 63’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee14–40
  16. 70’TJapan try · Kippei Ishida14–45
  17. 71’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee14–47
  18. 79’TUSA try · Payton Telea19–47
  19. 80’CUSA conversion · Luke Carty21–47

Line-ups

USA

  1. 1Ezekiel LindenmuthProp
  2. 2Kapeli PifeletiHooker
  3. 3Kaleb GeigerProp
  4. 4Marno RedelinghuysSecond row
  5. 5Jason DammSecond row
  6. 6Paddy RyanFlanker
  7. 7Christian PoidevinFlanker
  8. 8Makeen AlikhanNumber 8
  9. 9Ruben de HaasScrum-half
  10. 10Christopher HilsenbeckFly-half
  11. 11Toby FrickerWing
  12. 12Tavite LopetiCentre
  13. 13Dominic BesagCentre
  14. 14Rufus McLeanWing
  15. 15Erich StortiFull-back
  16. 16Shilo KleinBench
  17. 17Payton TeleaBench
  18. 18Pono DavisBench
  19. 19Tevita NaqaliBench
  20. 20Vili HeluBench
  21. 21Ethan McVeighBench
  22. 22Luke CartyBench
  23. 23Mitch WilsonBench

Japan

  1. 1Kenta KobayashiProp
  2. 2Hayate EraHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Waisake RaratubuaSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  7. 7Kanji ShimokawaFlanker
  8. 8Amato FakatavaNumber 8
  9. 9Kenta FukudaScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Tomoki OsadaWing
  12. 12Charlie LawrenceCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kippei IshidaWing
  15. 15Sam GreeneFull-back
  16. 16Kenji SatoBench
  17. 17Sena KimuraBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Akito OkuiBench
  20. 20Faulua MakisiBench
  21. 21Shinobu FujiwaraBench
  22. 22Yuya HiroseBench
  23. 23Haruto KidaBench

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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.