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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Twickenham, London · 11 October 1991Head-to-head
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England won by 28 points.Half-time 21–3 · Tries 5–1

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Tacklesmademissed
ENG356
USA5512
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG4/43/30
USA1/11/10
← USA attack · England 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
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′EnglandTry, Rory Underwood, converted7–0
33′EnglandTry, Will Carling, converted19–3
48′USATry, Ray Nelson, converted21–7
63′EnglandTry, Micky Skinner, converted25–9
69′EnglandTry, Nigel Heslop, converted31–9
81′EnglandTry, Rory Underwood37–9
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
9′Rory Underwood33′Will Carling48′Ray Nelson63′Micky Skinner69′Nigel Heslop81′Rory Underwood
ENG

Team stats

USA
83%Possession17%
80Carries39
262Metres gained127
8Clean breaks4
12Defenders beaten6
141Passes44
11Offloads3
35Tackles made55
6Tackles missed12
29/33Rucks won10/18
14/15Lineouts won9/14
14/14Scrums won12/15
9/12Mauls won9/10
8Penalties conceded18
41Kicks from hand31
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 4/4, penalties 3/3 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2John OlverHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Nigel RedmanSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6Micky SkinnerFlanker
  7. 7Gary ReesFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Simon HallidayCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Nigel HeslopWing
  15. 15Simon HodgkinsonFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan WebbBench
  17. 17David PearsBench
  18. 18Dewi MorrisBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20Brian MooreBench
  21. 21Paul AckfordBench

USA

  1. 1Lance MangaProp
  2. 2Tony FlayHooker
  3. 3Norm MottramProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Chuck TunnacliffeSecond row
  6. 6Shawn LipmanFlanker
  7. 7Rob FarleyFlanker
  8. 8Tony RidnellNumber 8
  9. 9Mark PidcockScrum-half
  10. 10Chris O'BrienFly-half
  11. 11Paul SheehyWing
  12. 12Kevin HigginsCentre
  13. 13Mark WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Gary HeinWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back
  16. 16Eric WhitakerBench
  17. 17Jay WilkersonBench
  18. 18Pat JohnsonBench
  19. 19Barry DailyBench
  20. 20Michael de JongBench

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Context

All-time, England 10–0 USA in 10 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.