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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Concord Oval, Sydney | Gadigal · 3 June 1987Head-to-head
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England won by 28 points.Half-time 12–0 · Tries 4–1

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Tacklesmademissed
ENG474
USA6125
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG3/34/40
USA1/10/00
← 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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  • 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
24′EnglandTry, Peter Winterbottom, converted7–0
46′EnglandTry, Peter Winterbottom, converted16–0
62′EnglandTry, Mike Harrison28–0
66′USATry, Mike Purcell, converted28–4
80′EnglandTry, Wade Dooley, converted32–6
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′
24′Peter Winterbottom46′Peter Winterbottom62′Mike Harrison66′Mike Purcell80′Wade Dooley
ENG

Team stats

USA
80%Possession20%
118Carries63
449Metres gained171
18Clean breaks3
25Defenders beaten4
163Passes76
26Offloads9
47Tackles made61
4Tackles missed25
21/27Rucks won14/27
20/24Lineouts won15/27
18/20Scrums won20/26
8/9Mauls won9/10
14Penalties conceded9
65Kicks from hand51
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 3/3, penalties 4/4 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

England

  1. 1Gareth ChilcottProp
  2. 2Graham DaweHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  7. 7Gary ReesFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Mark BaileyWing
  12. 12Jamie SalmonCentre
  13. 13Francis CloughCentre
  14. 14Mike HarrisonWing
  15. 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
  16. 16Huw DaviesBench
  17. 17Richard HardingBench
  18. 18Rory UnderwoodBench
  19. 19Dave EgertonBench
  20. 20Brian MooreBench
  21. 21Paul RendallBench

USA

  1. 1Rick BaileyProp
  2. 2John EverettHooker
  3. 3Neal BrendelProp
  4. 4Bob CauseySecond row
  5. 5Ed BurlinghamSecond row
  6. 6Gary LambertFlanker
  7. 7Steve FinkelFlanker
  8. 8Brian VizardNumber 8
  9. 9Mike SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Joe ClarksonFly-half
  11. 11Gary HeinWing
  12. 12Tom VinickCentre
  13. 13Kevin HigginsCentre
  14. 14Mike PurcellWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back
  16. 16John MickelBench
  17. 17Dave HortonBench
  18. 18Dennis ShanagherBench
  19. 19Fred PaoliBench
  20. 20Pat JohnsonBench
  21. 21Tony RidnellBench

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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.